You’ll find plenty of friendly, knowledgeable people willing to respond to your posts.

Typically those purchasing cash aren't inspecting every home, they're walking it or having their go to GC walk it and already know what they see that may be a concern. 

For the proceeds I have to pay seller I would have to issue him a 1099 right?

Perhaps the landlord can direct you to the video as evidence, or talk to a neighbor. 

congrats on your success and future success to come. would love to connect

Thank you to anybody who responds. 

This is not going to be changed.  

If they gift it to you it's tax-free (as long as they're under the lifetime gift limit around 14 million) they may have to file a gift return though, but there won't be tax due. 

I'm sure I could go to some midwest markets or even some more depressed markets in my region and get better pricing, but that's out of my wheelhouse at this point in my life as I have no desire to learn new markets when I'm closer to the end than the beginning. .Sure, obvious but over looked.

I'll be happy to refer your partner whenever there's a client ready to start a project.