I have approached the church about leasing them the lot for continued use. i dont want to sound like the Devil here but they  need the parking and without any compensation i am forfeiting the potential of any development on the lot. i really dont have any immediate plans for any development especially if they would lease the lot and of coarse the church is pushing back on any kind of lease to use it. they offered me to donate the lot for them to use as a tax right off but not sure how beneficial that would be. what do you guys think?

I am really looking for a creative way to bring the investor in, pay a good return, but have an out for both parties at some point that is mutually beneficial. 

If I sold the house this year, I'd have better 2 year returns overall than many hedge funds and mutual funds out there.

Either sell out and put the money in mutual funds, or keep going.

Instead of poo-pooing it you should look at the valid business reasons that it would be beneficial (to landlord's at least - maybe not so much to Cozy's business model)

I'd like to contribute in any way possible to make it mutually beneficial!

You may have to take him out for a steak dinner to have any hope of meeting That'd be a small price to pay for a beneficial education.

I'd start slowly introducing the idea, and perhaps shape it as beneficial to them as well. 

Did you ever find anything on those programs beneficial to you?

The seller was a mutual friend who no longer wanted to be a landlord so we were able to negotiate an offer market deal and I still included my realtor commission!