Right now we're all kind of holding our breath and thinking that this is going to end up resting on the shoulders of the appraisal; hoping the home is not worth what they have offered. 

Compliance with Minimum Street Width – STD. 104 Standard Plans City of Buena Park Department of Public Works.d.

you could play the arbitrage game and borrow at 4 or 5 on your heloc then use those funds to invest with a really good HML in Bend that is doing short term flips probably make 10 to 12 gross and net 5% to 7% on your arbitrage..or you could just use the money for quick turn and burns.. if you have the band width to do those.. 

Next thing you know it was about 3 weeks later and the owner tapped me on the shoulder and called me into his office and asked “what do you think about running the sales dept. what I’m trying to say is the same thing as everyone on here said “ get smiling and get dialing and it will be ok” it’s just fear of the unknown, we all have it at some point in our life but we get past it.start off by looking forward to hearing the no’s for each one gets you more comfortable and closer to a yes.

I would try and paint somebody into a corner that they can't have it both ways - either it's your steps or it's theirs - the respective owner/steward should shoulder the responsibility.  

Because subdivision is limited here to 25 ft width, I’d certainly pay more to get two lots together that say added to 75 rather than one lot at 37.5 ft.

@Jim Adrian thanks for mentioning the ADA design - the good news is the paved access pathways are pretty good although he'll need to measure for width but everything commercial is on the first floor and pretty wide open.

My local codes allow for only a 3ft (or 10% of the lot width) side yard width, so a 30ft wide lot allows for a 24ft wide house.

They owe roughly 100k on the home and really they are wanting to get the burden off of their shoulders and the constant bother of "dealing with tenants".

Given, inspection and government watching over your shoulder may be a slight deterrent.