Even if they are offering OF and you put it in your LLC, when its time to refi out your lender wont do the loan in your LLC so you might as well just finance it now if you are able. 

If it happens, you wont be caught off guard.

Destroy the acts, show the conduct and the contract falls as well as agreements to keep any money.  

He respects me but wont take my advise unless i can back it up with facts.

If it destroys your life financially if the worst was too happen, the deal is too big and you need to scale back.Once your comfortable with doing deals, those items won't even be a concern anymore.

Essentially I just want to know that if I buy it I won't have to do any demo and the city wont be on my ***.

Thanks ,Alan i am so confused. you say "i dont want to make an offer before seeing the property", then you said "i dont want to waste time seeing the property then making an offer if they wont entertain the offer".but in any case...first, your being lazy, so let's get that out there. how long does it take to make a paper offer?

I don't believe the words "I cant," I would never let someone tell me how far I could go or how much I could accomplish and I wont put limits on myself.

That is just a bizarre statement.Will some "go to any lengths to destroy what is a legitimate business?"  

Thank you @Chris Licvaoli , for sharing your experience with us, and the reality that there is always a chance that I wont go as planned .