I would not trust an average number.This will be very specific to your management, your lease, your leased property, the area etc.Some people have made money, but I've not heard much about arbitrage lately, and some have lost money and  not honored their lease.In general this is just a job and not an investment, so it's widely discouraged in this forum.

Can you update your post with your experience or even make recommendations of meetup you have attended so far. 

If so, I would greatly appreciate any input.

How can I refinance so I do not have to return the property to previous owner?

Thank you.It would be best to state where the property/project (County & State) is located so others can assist you. 

So he has a breadth of experience.

(I keep my house at 81 degrees so I feel rather apathetic to these issues.) 

So it is important to match the "owner/taxpayer". 

The only issue really is that this is not considered an "arms length transaction" so if you were going to a bank they may more hoops to jump through or lend less than they would in an arms length transactions or even pass on it.

They are so blatant that they copy paste almost the same message.