I like handling my own repairs with my own contractors as I can usually cut costs or at least have more control on bigger ticket items and overall know what I can expect.  

He says he doesn't have time for it, dumping it out of his portfolio, willing to sell it for his cut (3,500) acting as a wholesaler i guess, and for the cost of the back taxes owed the city, now at 11,000 dollars.

.- separation of books/finances/accounting - seems a lot more clean cut with its own entity

NOTE this is more than the $135k the property is worth but she would be collecting every penny and more over the term of the note.With that being said those are 2 valid options and they can be played with or tweaked to provide the perfect deal.For Example:If she comes back and says the 18k has to be paid off and is not willing to risk her credit being damaged and trust you to pay the mortgage on time go with Option 1.If she says she wants to increase her income by $500 per month and that $300 and change will not cut it.  

And don't cut down attorney saying that they are all crooks were there just a kill deal, even though they are deal killers.When I say if they bring up the attorney objection is..."

It also cuts down on water usage. 

We had to drag the car twice to get a dumpster on the property, to get contractors trucks in the driveway, to cut a 40 ft. spruce tree down.

Ok, so the Fed cuts rates and HELOC's & credit card rates are more enticing -- but part of the reason they cut rates is to even out the 10 year bond so mortgage rates even out too.

I think they are in panic mode and will likely make another cut.

They usually work on shares, and ot's traditional in my area, the logger gets half of the sales price.Most of the loggers are also qualified to timber cruise and can usually give you a pretty good guess at what your logs will bring at the mill.It's also possible to sell the trees as they stand to the mill, and they will send their own logger out to cut them.