Your experience in SC will take you far but you must understand TX and any other state presents their own problems.

Especially since you can take some tax free and defer indefinitely the tax on the rest. 

The refi really wouldn't matter in the calculation since it is not pure profit.If the pure profit is quite high you can do a 1031 exchange and buy the larger asset and defer the taxes.

He told me that his attorney said he's able to sell his properties with out his "wife" being present.

@Sheratanairy Flores - the part of "your picture" that's a bit hard to see.... is the amount of your present resources.

Purchase price: $105,000 Cash invested: $134,000 Contributors: Mitchell Kramer, Stone Bettersworth, Adam Polokoff, Christopher Mannella, Clay Corley, Blake Massey Canton Cosmetic flip- This was a home we found for an investor that presented the opportunity for a cosmetic flip.

But I definitely use direct mail and wholesalers but definitely the majority come from the MLS you just need to be quick and present.

My question is, does anyone have any experience with government subsidy negotiations or presenting my expectations to the local government of what they would need to do in order to make this project work for both of us?

A gamble, given it was a guess the house would appraise for what we expected.When we originally discussed this with our agent and mentor, these are the numbers we presented.

Just tell them what you're comparing them to..This is assuming the data you presented above is the only data to be considered..Hope this helps a bit!