You know that the life cycle of a company is in decline when they basically wash their hands of anything and everything, have zero sense of any reasonableness, nor the slightest interest in helping their “partners”.At this point, it’s all just a money grab. 

That seems to happen when smart money pulls out of the markets and into commodities/hard goods. 

Networking with private money lenders or hard money lenders who specialize in real estate can also be beneficial.

I would offer it as a long term lease option, 24 months minimum, 36 is even better.1) Option money, $15K ballpark, see what the offers bring in2)  Rent, $2450. 

If you want to use this as collateral for future deals, you will need to finance out of the SBA loan later, or put more money down on a conventional loan 5 year term/20 year amort up front.B. 

Run the numbers.  4 SFH will cost you more to purchase than 2 duplexes, but will also get you more money generally speaking. 

Also - is it appropriate to add a contingency related to this in an offer - specifically something like "earnest money will be returned if property soil is not found suitable to support 15 RV pads" sort of thing? 

Taxes: Could this strategy help in saving on taxes, or would it just complicate things?

Podcast was very informative about private money lending. 

They should postpone it for 30 days.2. are any of you open to closing a deal like this (happy to share all details and make a connection) Does not sound like there is enough money in the deal.