Due to the many hands in the pot to finalize everything, what I learned was that there is a need of at least 3 different licensed  contractors, realtors, attorneys, brokers, etc.

This would protect your property rights without stirring the pot.

If the option only goes up a buck a foot then there is not much negotiating room to sweeten the pot.

We were told it would be a "process" and were told to remove any and all food, cooking products, plates, glasses, pots, pans (anything we cook with or eat on) from the kitchen until the problem was taken care of - approximately 2 months!!

If the owner at a judicial sale is dead, experienced tax sale folks just voluntarily pay the tax after the sale.

Growing pot indoors isn’t exactly easy and most people would rather go buy it than wait 4 months to get some half assed pot.

This is a group of professionals that voluntarily commit to a higher standard.

I will use my garage to store my personal things like paper files with personal information, photo albums, nice cooking pots and such.

@James Wise  James did an ABCD map of Cleveland and then the local papers took pot shots at him redlining..  

And I can't think of any other businesses where an owner would voluntarily pay a vendor in equity or create an equity partnership with a vendor.This is just not smart business practice, for many reasons.This isn't the biggest risk in my experience, but here's one example of what can go wrong when someone has a fiduciary responsibility to two parties in a contractual relationship:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/67/topics/641355-flipping-partnership-going-to-court-on-debate-of-renovation-costs