First, collect the non refundable option consideration when the applicant qualifies to be your tenant/buyer.

Pursue non-institutional lending to provide a bridge loan that covers the building and the estimated rehab costs. 

I would also love to hear any insights and advice on the area or recommendations for some great local professionals(realtor, property manager, cleaner, maintenance/handyman)?

Also, there's  a tiny bit of some non-wood destroying fungus in the crawlspace.

Any broker or individual investor who values a non-commercial asset using commercial metrics are only showing their ineptitude. 

@David Zheng"Salary" you pay yourself from a sole proprietorship or disregarded entity is just a non-deductible owner distribution.If you need earned income for Solo 401k, IRAs, etc, might be best to set up a Corp or LLC PM company and elect S status as @Ashish Acharya mentioned. 

As a graduate of the University of South Alabama, she values the importance of supporting her community by serving on several local non-profit boards.

It would have to be a much higher escalation amount to make sense.I hear ya.. there is certainly room for non ethical agents etc to monkey with deals.. 

Make sure the dog is a non aggressive breed or you will have trouble with your insurance company if they find out.

Even then there are controllable and non-controllable expenses and cam caps that can be cumulative or non-cumulative in nature.It works the same way for my clients when we look at a retail center to buy.