Not the normal birch/maple veneer like inside the rest if the cabinets....Unless you did an accent color and the picture just doesn't show well.

This deal seems to job out at me as a good deal for quick flip.May be do something like offer to buy on seller finance or subject to, You can offer them a down payment something for now and the rest in about 4-6 month.

From a tax perspective If I end up spending 50K on the building, would I still be able to write off the capital repairs and take the depreciation of the building even if I'm not the official owner?

I don't even want to waste time on their project submission process if these guys aren't official.

It seems to me its a grey enough area to say it is ok until you get told otherwise by someone official, am I wrong?

I have a possible lender for up to 90% but would still require some help for the rest and wondered if anyone on this site has been in the same position or worked with a veteran member?

Roth Solo 401(k) - you can maintain additional, separate 'bucket' under your Solo 401(k) plan where you could make after tax contributions, thus, investing tax free for the rest of your life.

I'm sending you guys a connection request and I'll also start working on a post for an official STL meetup.

I was thinking to use a transactional lender for the rest.

I'd write it up that if they can't come up with the rest then you get to keep the deposit.