The benefits are that you don't have to actively be involved managing the property, it provides both monthly cash returns (based on the rents it gets) as well as equity growth and appreciation, and it is much easier to do an even-money exchange into a TIC.

Secondly, you must be so very careful as to not perform a prohibited transaction or involve a disqualified party.

The next advice I would need is, what kind of professional should I get involved in with closing the deal?

Now, if you market to agents on the basis on general legal services, I know a couple agents who were involved in that, but they didn't cross into areas of RE.And, as to clients of an RE agent, unless your client is a personal friend, clients expect a degree of professional conduct, not to be solicited for other services, do you want to project your expertise in RE or be seen as one who does all kinds of things because you're not that great at any of your chosen fields.

The longer the seller has owned it, the more equity and stability he or she should have built up in it.ConclusionWhile rent-to-own arrangements can have many potential pitfalls, they can be a win-win situation between a trustworthy seller and a prudent, financially responsible buyer.

Involve a trusted expert and see what he recommends.

Finally, you weigh the potential profit in each scenario with the amount of work/risk involved, and decide what the optimal rehab scenario is.In reality, you should be running dozens of potential scenarios (not just four), but you get the idea...

When we are involved with portfolio trading in stocks, we SOMETIMES use S&P futures to hedge PART of our positions.

I got involved with somebody that does all these things.

That's where there's widespread knowledge of the property's availability and because RE agents are involved, pricing is usually at or near retail.