This way his lease would survive a foreclosure and he would retain his rights as lessee for 25 years to offset the 100k (250,000K in rent value).

Furthermore they typically only allow up to 2 retaining walls up to 10' in height (not including interior walls) and all graded slopes need to be less than a 2:1 (h:v) slope gradient.

I never got into the Sheets program, but I devoured the Legrand material and retain it to this day.

Values should hold more steady compared to the Be-La and Greenvilles of the world, but any Hoboken/DTJC appreciation, in my eyes, will be slow and steady from this point forward, mirroring the health of the overall real estate market and economy.In my opinion, as long as Hoboken and DTJC are hot, the other markets will retain their role as the better values for would-be homeowners in the area.

I'm stuck with option 1, below, but I know that there must be at least a few more things I'm not thinking of.Option #1: Offer to take over seller's current loan (retain current terms) AND create a 2nd loan that the seller would hold himself? 

You can also depreciate and have all other kinds of IRS-approved savings to assist you from a tax liability standpoint, but you can retain the value and promise of future income as well.

@Anthony Gayden As my workload increase I'm sure we'll add more people, the big thing being just to figure out what point that is and to retain profitability/margin on all our properties/rentals.

Can you borrow from a bank or private lender to build a spec and retain all the profits yourself?

I like the fact that you are retaining control by building your own team.Much success to you.

My first question is regarding the rehab process...when you say the seller is interested in just having you come in to do the repairs, do you mean that they would retain ownership/title to the property while you rehab it?