Need help with options to offer to a potential seller

[Ludmila M.]

I will be talking to a potential seller who responded to my direct mail. The seller will be relocating in a year (!), but because this relocation will come with a lot of other headaches, the seller is considering selling now, "if the price is right", to make it less of a nightmare later on.  The seller is a single parent who also appears to have financial struggles.  

I understand to make this deal most appealing, I would need to offer the seller to stay in this house for a year under a lease agreement. Other than that I am lacking any creative ideas (and experience) on what other options to offer to motivate the seller. Did any of you have experience with situations like this? Or if there is no urgency for the seller to sell immediately, this effort is unlikely to result in a deal?  

I am interested in this house as a rental property. 

Thank you!