Easements can be purchased, leased, traded or sold.A lease is an encumbrance as well, they can be financed, used as collateral or sold as well by the holder. 

You should be able to go as low as 10-15% down payment with your experience.Ground up Financing: Most "ground up" financing options require a bit of experience - 3-5 exists (rehabbed & sold or rehabbed & refinanced in the last 3 years).

Capital gains taxes if the property is sold, although there may be exemptions if it’s their primary residence.2.

However the owners retired and her team left when she sold the businesses.

If they send you something for 500K and say it can be sold for 700K and you pull comps which show $550K then that is a bad wholesaler.

For example, if we sold the property for the asking price that it is now, $459,900, you would get $275,940+$41,315 (profit accured from 15 years)= $317,255! 

I've sold while in your shoes before, and I've also held with large negative CF.

I just sold a house like that that I was using for an STR.  

Also, I have sold a many flips for clients and myself.

I'd love to see a copy of it as I'm dealing with a potential tenant who's pushing things a bit.