If necessary to get the deal done, you might consider an option fee to the seller to sweeten the pot. 

Find a good realtor who will go door knocking for you, as you don't have a ton of experience, you might have to sweeten the deal for them to bring you the deals.

To sweeten the deal, we wave inspections as well.

You may even need the security deposit as a sweetener if they need it for the new place.

You say do a 1031 and move into a passive investment - can you offer some examples that would sweeten the tax deal?

If it's really that bad of a setup - no one to rent to, no one interested at basic appraised value - then you need to sweeten the pot, which usually means pricing in a discount large enough to create movement. 

@John Sweeten John, your first order of business should be to determine and underwrite the highest and best use of the site.

The buyer could offer to pay these to sweeten the deal, or raise the purchase price accordingly to cover the cost of the back taxes.

I would not be a managing member and would just get a K-1 with Line 2, Rental Real Estate on it, which I understand is not subject to UBTI.And then could we allocate tax deductions, both cash (maintenance, etc.) and non-cash (depreciation), to the taxable guys to sweeten the deal for them in exchange for perhaps a bigger piece of the profits for me so we're all whole in the end (i.e., their additional tax benefits cancel out their surrendering some profits to me so everything ends up having substantial economic effect)?

Las Vegas prices are on the rise, so we are anticipating appreciation to sweeten the deal.