My aunt and uncle have a house in Germantown that they want to unload but it needs more than cosmetics.KC

I’ll be unloading a few houses soon since I need to diversify.

They're just not going to come to South Lake anymore - hell, they've already been clobbered with $1,000 fines for unloading luggage in the wrong place, or being in the hot tub at 10:01 PM. 

Benefit of lease option is that your "tenant" now has more of an ownership mentality and you can even contractually unload maintenance and capex expenses to him/her because he/she will eventually own it.

You've answered your own question...UNLOAD it a.s.a.p & Move on.

If so, you may be able to sell off the wood to someone wanting seasoned lumber. 

Or possibly they come back with something you can work with, because they've become weary and want to unload.  

tour the property and get an accurate repair estimate...if there isn't work needed beyond $15k of "lipstick" stuff, why is the seller looking to unload it?

When you're looking to unload any of your inventory do you wholesale it or work with an agent/realtor to sell it ? 

How ever as a Realtor several years ago I did find a few FSBO's that were motivated sellers, and they were happy to just unload the property dirt cheap.