Selling RE with owner carry but retaining an equity position?

[Patrick Sears]

Hello, Curious if anyone has sold a home with owner-financing and designed the deal to keep a portion of the ownership of the house along with the new home owners? I'm talking about staying on the title with them, and keeping a partial equity position in order to keep the home more affordable to them via a lower purchase price or smaller down payment. I can definetly see this being of value of high price areas like Seattle or SF. I guess this would be a "residential partnership" I'm talking about consumer end-users, not investors. Overtly high-priced RE isn't a problem where I am, but I thought this might be a good way to share in the appreciation of the house while still selling (vs. renting) as a business model. No landlord headaches (main argument against buy-and-hold) and no giving up of future appreciation potential and a portion of tax benefits (main argument against selling on terms). I vacillate back and forth between buy & hold rentals vs flipping w/owner-finance; why not just do both...? I also figure that if I am on the title with the buyers, I might have a stronger hand in court if they decide to quit paying. Maybe? Yes? No? Any Dodd-Frank or other nanny-state nonsense legal land-mines to look out for here? Thanks!