Sounds like you've already learned one of the keys for a sustainable REI business: happy wife, happy life.My wife and I moved a half a dozen times in as many years, each time moving out of the really nice place we had just worked our tail off to fix up and into the dump we were about to fix up next.

They might not be hoarders, but they also might not want to just give away half of their belongings...Oh capitalism!

There is a factory being built within a half mile to a mile, which should employ about 300 people, and the site is expecting to employ double that in the coming years, so I expect that should help. 

The fairest way to you would be for the family member to make a loan secured by his half-interest.

They chose a tasteful paint but they only painted half the apartment (all rooms minus bedrooms) and have "too been busy with work" to complete.

I pick up a great deal of audit work from TT so I'm half thankful for the product.

The plan is simply for him to transfer half ownership to me after we buy the property. 

the rent on my penrose property went up 350 dollars in the past year and a half, value up about 30k in the same time frame. 

So just as an example, if last year's taxes were $2,000, you would pay $500 per quarter 1st and 2nd quarter, then the tax rate comes out and turns out you only owe $1,700 for this tax year, so the last 2 quarters you'll only pay the balance, which will be less than the first half.

After checking references of the 5th one (the only one who didn't ask me how big of a reimbursement i received) I went with him and got the roof replaced for half the price.