Personally, I would clarify any encroachment on to public land with city officials before purchasing. 

Can you close on the SFH and move in and your husband officially joins you in August?

Option 1) Get a 20,000-22500 loan to pay off your brother's stake and get the title in your name, then sign an official installment sale (lease to own) contract with your cousin.

Sometimes there are tricks to dodge that transfer tax when going into or out of an LLC, but don't assume upfront that it'll be applicable to you, or that the city won't have some new tax collector (or elected official) out to make a name for himself by going after "evil landlords"!

I officially get out of the Army in less than a year (359 days to be exact).

So, with the only classes left to take for my Ph.D. was conducting my official research to base my dissertation on and the dissertation defense, I drop out. :( (ABD Status) (ABD= All But Dissertation) Hmm, so what's the avenue to take?

During our meeting, we saw an article that PepsiCo Beverages have officially break ground on $260 million Dekalb County manufacturing facility. 

First flip officially in the books.

Bought the house at 416k and I've had rough estimates on my home from banks at 480k-540k (I've not gotten an official appraisal yet though). 

I've used the AG's office a couple other times for other lesser property related issues, and in ALL cases came out ahead without the need for official litigation.