The satisfaction of helping others exceeds a lot of the risk involved when everything plays out accordingly.

Looking at it, tenants pay only electric so you'd be paying water,sewer, garbage, landscape and maintenance.

The family does not appear to be involved at all, as I've tried reaching out to several relatives with no response. 

Are their attorneys or title companies involved yet? 

Too easy to get bumped/  Inventory loos and no leverage involved. 

Other financing can be structured without involving the seller having to carry.

I think he has stated before that them not accurately portraying the reality of it is why he decided not to continue with the project.I know another individual who was on a flipping show, and there were a lot of things in that episode that were not a reflection of reality as I knew those involved, and I knew the subject property.

If you are interested in a carrer change and become more involved in RE, how about a construction management option at CBRE, Habitat Company, or other real estate managment firms? 

So, I've now got a commercial appraiser involved, that I've used before when I owned a lot that the city tried to take by condemnation.

Obviously it is a benefit to pay for water because perhaps the tenants could water the landscape.