I only have one but doing it with him sounds maybe too complicated for my limited experience.

Assuming (and that's a big assumption) the owner/borrowers are trying to stall a foreclosure sale, there is a known stall technique involving quit claims combined with BK filings.

Assuming there are no complications, I would expect to pay about $5-7 per linear foot of depth.

I was thinking of telling them I would post a review in Yelp and other websites indicating their action, but that may complicate things by them suing me :) So not so sure.

If you are looking at LO's...I can easily help you with that, as can @Brian Gibbons as well as @Michael CarbonareI can tell you are already trying to make this more complicated than it is...You can get an LLC or just a DBA...but just do something...Land trusts are used to control a property.So let's focus on one thing right now....Do something...Get a dba...big deal...but then market to listed homeowners and scan Clist for houses that you can work with.Just focus on one thing for right now..lease options.I can assure you, it is a LOT easier to get an owner to sign a lease option than the sign their house over in to a land trust!!!!

Wow, that does sound complicated.

&2)I got a Portfolio Line of Credit at Wells Fargo (this is a bit more complicated than a HELOC but it is a similar idea.  

With a listing or buyer's agreement you'll need to have special provisions for commissions to be paid, agent are paid on closed title transactions, sales, not installment purchases unless there are other agreements.I'd suggest you select a brokerage on other aspects first, not so much as what they will see as off the wall or more complicated deals for them starting off.What you might ask is what kind of deal you get with them when buying property for yourself, that they understand. :)

This is a more advanced technique that most people dont do anymore.

We originally had it as a J&J, but after having a J&J in Atlanta, we realized that it gets too crowded with two doors and also gets complicated with one kid accidentally (or purposefully) locking the other out of the bathroom while trying to get privacy.