Price it at the lowest reasonable value 45K (don't be greedy here, from what you have described to me the value of this property may be zero), loan them the total amount over 10 or 15 years (they can't do a down payment) @ 5% interest, split the payments with your sister.

It could be because my marketing pieces suck, end up in the trash, or don't convey the right message at the right time.With that being said, I've had the person on the other side of the door call me an angel, and a few others says my visit was unappreciated or I'm a greedy #%*!

PS he is willing to sell us 2 or 3 of the homes with our down payment, but gosh they are all wonderful prop in great areas and were greedy and want all of them!

Always remember the quote from the oracle of Omaha himself, "be fearful when others are greedy, and greedy when others are fearful "

This will capture : Absentee owners, Probates, preprobates, Pre-Preprobates, greedy/broke heirs, tax defaults, family disputes, dead beat cousins, dead, vacant, orphan, abandoned and deferred maintenance.  

We are not trying to be greedy here but it makes the most sense to me to get a nice payday up front, the down payment from the buyer of roughly $30k plus earning about 3% interest on the bank's $170k rather than just 7 -10% on our $30k proceeds from a straight sale.  

Just wondering if this is fair.. the fact that he is finding the deal kind of doesn't..At the same time if I pay for a finders fee I should be able to profit more alone but I am not greedy.. and having a partner watching over everything has incentive..Thoughts are appreciated..

As a mentor once told me, you can't be broke and greedy!  

What I'm wondering is, is this greedy on our part?

My best guess is high frequency traders (a.k.a. computers) making algorithmic trades based on current positions, not the fundamentals of the companies or the economy.