Although this seems to be a steep rice to pay, we recognize that we are real estate investors, not real estate developers.  

Which you'll have to do anyways, since an estimate given without any details specified and not even a jobsite is worth less than any paper it might be written on.You are *begging* to be taken advantage of by not even recognizing this most fundamental concept, that there is no such thing as a "one size fits all" construction/renovation job, and that it is literally utterly and completely impossible to do what you are asking.  

Marc is correct, if you are selling the home on terms, you have to recognize the capital gain in the year of the sale.I'm not familiar with Lease-Options, but I'm pretty sure you can treat that as rent income, until the property is sold that is.

Thanks for the post, I recognize older buildings bring surprises.

Some states, such as Nevada, are extremely restrictive and do not recognize a difference between consumer and business purpose loans.

if a PM has a % on repairs or rehabs, higher or lower or even doesn’t have (but its vendor recognize a 10% under the table) their interest will go thru bringing and finding repairs to do.If PM will be in charge of the finance and keep the budget aligned, it wouldn’t be the one who handles/hire/have interets in any expenditures.

Our team recognized that it was in an area that was mostly MFH and was able to find that anamoly in the listing that most people would have missed.

The feds would recognize the IRA ownership and no tax on income would be expected (other than the separate UDFI tax at the IRA level).  

I don't recognize your name.

Sometimes it is better to stop the bleeding, but there are a lot more options at your disposal than just selling the traditional way and recognizing the loss.