@Ian Checketts I always find it best to have the contractor come up with the takeoff themselves and report that on the proposal, that way if you get differences you can try to ascertain who’s going to have it all included as well as know what they are doing.

If i were you, i'd speak with you lender and ascertain what they think they best course of action is to take. 

Most FSBO commercial scare me off because of how hard it is to ascertain tax liability or lien status against the building.That’s probably the biggest issue with this - doing proper due diligence on the property for the water bills, sanitation bills and possible buildings court actions.

Similarly, lakefront property is especially difficult to value since the paired analysis required to ascertain the value add of being on lakefront requires enough comparables to arrive at a reasonable adjustment.

I would suggest that you interview several Realtors and ask them the following questions, to ascertain if they are truly Investor Friendly, or if they are throwing you a sales pitch. 1.

From what little I can ascertain this lawyer seems very ethical to me and is full filling his fiduciary duty to his client.

Stage one is simply to ascertain if it looks good on paper with little or perhaps even zero amount allocated towards capital expenditures.  

I would suggest that you interview several Realtors and ask them the following questions, to ascertain if they are truly Investor Friendly, or if they are throwing you a sales pitch.1.

The first major key, to Seller Financing, is ascertaining the Seller's level of motivation.

I would suggest that you interview several Realtors and ask them the following questions, to ascertain if they are truly Investor Friendly, or if they are throwing you a sales pitch.1.