From what I am being told is that they are going to remove the lien on the 21 unit and move the lien to a different property the seller owns. 

Title is the concept of rights associated with owning property, and the deed is a document evidencing transfer of title.

Presently, our STR's are out-of-state with properties we own--just looking to do something closer to home but not wanting to buy in the current market.Any property owners out there with small properties willing to consider arbitrage?

Im cornering the market, own my own title company, mortgage company, own real estate office and own my own private bank

With a co-op you don't own the unit, you own shares in the corp that owns the building and all the units with the shares having an exclusive right to use a particular unit. 

They happened to be owned by Farmers. 

Crunch your own numbers with the equations that mean something to you.

Honestly, you really cannot go by other's opinions because, you may or may not agree on their opinion after you do your own homework.

Good luck and keep us posted own the out of state stuff.

The vast majority of tax preparers merely fill out forms you or their software tells them to fill out.