At the moment, have plenty of financial glide path, so don't need the equity of the current Investment prop, but had planned to owner finance (extra monthly income flow @7%, fluff... more income not required to eat, clothe, house. ).1) Cursory look indicates 30% max AGI can be deducted if deferred to Charity.

IRA custodian signs all documents (purchase contract, warranty deed etc)3.

They say will pay for this past month, but plan to leave May 1st.

We thought it would do between $300 & $400 per month, so that didn’t go exactly as planned as we needed to drop the rental amount over time.

Trust me, I've toyed with the idea.Vacant land where it makes sense to build large MFH stock might make sense, but chances are this isn't the land we're talking about here.The reality is most vacant land in Detroit is being repurposed for parks, the Joe Luis Greenway, solar farms, neighborhood gardens, etc.Beyond that, let's say you plan to hold long enough for SFH prices to get high enough where it does make sense to build. 

Start a self-directed 401k retirement plan and max it out if you can.

And why do they care if they have to pay taxes since it is an S corp, if they don't plan to sell it? 

Start with calling the planning dept at the city to define the zoning and allowed density 2.

Tonight is the night, after months of work with the state, county, and city we are presenting a site plan for the city's approval and zone change.Normally, I would not pursue a zone change but when I originally went to the city and proposed storage units based on its current zoning they said they wanted more houses.

- How many personal use days (sometimes including family or other discounted renters) do you plan to have?