It is a 2600 sq ft with 3 bedrooms, 2 bath and an office.

I don't mind adding value to the deal by acting as the buyers' "loan officer" throughout the process.

(*the seller is 77 years old and said he won’t finance for more than 5 years)For me it’s the idea of the unknown lending practices of the market  place .. trump will be out and the political climate may be very different from today .

I have done commercial loans for multi-family, retail, office, etc.Mark

Call the tax assessors office for the tax rates in your area.

You can definitely learn a lot by being in a real estate office.   

I was looking for a HELOC and getting frustrated when a loan officer at a very local bank told me a fellow loan officer there had rentals and had a HELOC from Zions.

After reading the clarifying language for opportunity zones, it seems as though a newly formed real estate fund could buy an office building in an opportunity zone and hire employees to help run the fund (they work in the OZ).

I think you should be talking to an escrow officer at a Title company if you want this done properly.

@Kevin McGuire  Ditto what @Kevin Polite says.