The other thing is I think the market went a little soft in May compared to April.  

(use soft clause)I may offer to buy the real estate and split the land from the building, rent the land (lease) and buy the building with an option to redeem the land later (this is called a vertical break up which gives you a 50% discount on the transaction, while maintaining the option to buy the land later, it is a forced seller financing). 

For example, my building and the one next door is about 40-50% vacant, because demand is soft...

My dad was an Army guy, so I have a soft spot for that branch in particular.  

Currently we are doing some soft improvements ( carpet, window replacement, painting, etc) and the house will be move in ready by the end of the month.

A window was leaky, so there was a trail of mold from the window all the way to the inevitable soft spot on the floor.One of the previous tenants had decided to take a wall out and make it a 2 br, but they'd not done anything about fixing the hole in the paneling where the old wall had been.Most of the electrical outlets in the home were hanging out of the wall.The water heater had leaked, so more of the floor was rotten.

A softly lit bedroom shot with a white robe and a pointed hood strategically draped over a clothes valet, maybe a swastika armband just peeking out of a closed drawer of the dresser in the corner?

THe "as-is" value is much less, needs abt 10k in repairs and the mkt here is soft with houses avg on the mkt 60 plus days when lited at full mkt value.

Around here TIFs can be used for site improvement costs, land purchases, facade renovation, soft costs such as legal, architecture, engineering. 

Still, as the market becomes very soft, there should be better deals out there.