If having a pool isn’t enough I would tell them that “I’ve been considering filling it in, since the costs are so high” I guarantee that will sweeten their attitudes up in a hurry.

You can also offer him some of that $15k difference in the back end once you flip also .. maybe a bonus $7500 in 6-9 months will sweeten the deal .. 

I also Sweetened the deal by offering the agent the contract to sell it once we completed the rehab.

Gee...Look, in situations such as these, you are allowed to come to a mutually beneficial agreement of letting the tenant of their lease promising a full refund of their deposit to sweeten the deal.

I'd make sure you were crystal clear on the financials - ACCURATE ones, including rent rolls (we've seen incredible disparity in rent rolls in facility after facility) - and if the opportunity exists for seller financing, that is a fantastic way to sweeten the deal for you. 

The $1,500 to $2,000 for personal property is just to help sweeten the deal if you need to do that.

We also provide creamers and various sweetener.

I gave my max bid on a house that needs a lot of work and was rejected. The house is in a very nice neighborhood and fully remodeled comps are 50 - 70k over asking.  I think this is the reason the owner is hoping to g...

@Tom MakinenIRC Sec 1244 is not enough IMO to sweeten the deal for the C Corp tax disadvantage. 

If he’s on the fence about partnering you could even sweeten the pot by offering to split a share of the post-refi rents with him, basically a royalty.