Great learning lesson, while covid made certain procedures (hiring, supplies, etc) harder it forced a learning lesson that has been proving valuable in our later projects.

This is taking place in Washington, DC which is a very powerful seller's market at present.A buyer who holds a contract to purchase an off-market property has allowed the contract to expire while the property was undergoing a court procedure to clear title.Informed early on that the contract had expired, the buyer declined to renew or extend the contract, but did direct the title company to retain the escrow payment ($5000).

If they've already been drywalled, that's a bit different than the standard inspection procedure. 

If I were sell my dental office condo to my tenant would it be possible to defer capital gains taxes (purchased in 1979 for $70,000) by designing an agreement more like a lease with option to purchase?

The reason I'm asking is because I watched a guy on youtube do a step by step procedure on how to acquire this data from his County Appraiser's website up in Dallas.

Each step in the title search procedure is shown to you on the video.

You likely need to find an experienced short sale agent, and follow the procedures above.

Through Arkansas Law, a procedure has been established to issue an Eviction Notice to persons who have failed to or refuse to pay rent.

We then took the profit from that and built a 15,000 sq. ft. building down the street whcih we leased to a State agency, then a medical/dental clinic for an Indian tribe, then ....

What's the best procedure to get the ball rolling with my intended plans?