I know this may be a hard question, but I am hoping there is someone out there that is renting in Hilltop.

Hope this helps!

Hope to find some help from the Bigger Pockets community!

Basically, you can use it for anything but be careful, if you don't pay it back you might end up losing your primary residence.

I like it vs doing an older building where you're spot fixing problems and are hoping nothing to signicant is hiding in walls. 

If he says no, is my only option to back out and lose the earnest money deposit ($6,000) or go forward with the purchase, knowing I'll have a $3,000 - $5,000 bill or more if I decide to do this later?

I would like to sell the property to the restaurant operator and they are willing to buy. i want to hold the paper on it to get the interest and what I'm hoping for is deferring the capital gains taxes until the balloon payment would be due in 5 years.

I was hoping to get it transferred to me.  

I could just get better at establishing relationships with the trades and hope that my cost to manage will go down in the future.

I am reaching out in hopes of connecting with someone experienced in flipping mobile homes (with land) who would be willing to collaborate with me on a project.