Welcome to BP @Chris H.As taxpayers, you and I have already paid for an underutilized resource, the Small Business Administration's Small Business Development Centers.

Offer loan servicing by a loan servicer and explain what they do, that should make the seller warm and fuzzy about the administration of the note.

First step was to contact a banker and get that straight (commercial business loan).Next step was to contact a realtor and get that straight (one that specializes in REI).After I got through those administrative details I was shopping.

Is this the Public Administrator Auction from this other BP post?

The landlord shall send the proceeds of the sale minus the costs of the sale and minus any storage charges to the department of administration for deposit in the appropriation under s. 20.505 (7) (gm).3.

Then it formed into me helping with certain things (I found aspects of his business where he was lacking...that were more administrative related... and offered my help to put a process in place), then I started helping with more things and within a year it formed into a 50/50 partnership and 8/9 years later, we are still going strong as a team! 

When dealing with an administrative web of red tape, the city employee you are calling has no incentive to help you find a solution.

Inspection - Once the unit has been determined to meet HUD’s rent reasonableness requirements and is affordable for the family, MPHA Inspection administrative staff will contact the rental property owner by e-mail to schedule an initial inspection.

The lender that I hired is and award winning IDHA administrator.  

FHA: Federal Housing Administration, a government agency.