Unfortunately, I don't have the data for this on hand to look at, but that's what I would be paying close attention to.

It has a tenant facing portal where tenants can pay their rent, which the app deposits into our account the next business day (even though ACH payments do not regularly settle for 4 days!).  

I told them I didn't want to do the consortium deal, so they offered me another one where I would need to pay a 30k USD down payment and have an EIGHT PERCENT INTEREST RATE.

Conservative LTV first trust deeds are currently paying over 9%  and generate good cash flow when buying doesn’t make sense.

Deeds to burial sites, certain transfers of ownership in real estate companies and farms and property passed by testate or intestate succession are also exempt from the tax)There should be no taxable event unless a sale occurs or when your dad passes.At that point, you should receive the property at the stepped up basis as the life estate is null due to the death.This is tricky - it will depend on how the deed is held.You should check with the attorney who made the initial change and check with your CPA once you find the answers from said attorney.

They would also pay the taxes.  

I’m looking to connect with someone to help discuss the process so I can get with my city to gain a grant yo have them pay for it vice coming out of my pocket.

I personally use my HELOC for down payments on homes and then quickly pay if off, this allows me to always have a liquid down payment source on hand.

You can change your interest rate through refinancing, but you can't change how much you pay for the house after you purchase it. 

Also, for a situation that owner simply refused to pay insurance/taxes and let it go foreclosure.