Selling to tenant, any benefit?

[Konrad Wallerstein]

In general is there any benefit to providing a tenant a loan/mortgage to buy a property rather than selling it and generating income from note finance or the stock market?  Have any of you provided a mortgage to a tenant?

My specifics: a tenant fell behind and I did not evict him.  He is now paying regularly more than the rent to slowly repay the outstanding.  I will be moving and am considering selling.  If I sell to a third party I doubt the tenant will pay back the outstanding.  If I sell him the property we can add the outstanding to the capital sum.

Thank you for any comments.  Konrad 

[Konrad Wallerstein]

Nayhan and Bjorg, thank you for your replies.  I was starting to think along similar lines.