What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

I think the first place to start is evaluating quality deals.

Sub 2 people must have this problem too - how do you deal with it?

Both of those could put an investor where you are today - unfortunately.I can tell you that I believe I've avoided these types of issues from happening on my deals because I joined coaching programs and had mentors.

While his loan isn't assumable, you could structure a deal where you take over payments while giving him equity in a seller-financed second note.

I can talk directly with them afterwards if I need more questions answered. 

The key for me wasn't to invest in the 'best place' but to know a market so well that a deal jumps off the page when it appears.

You can find some 2 units under or around $250K but they have been sitting on the market for over 150 days which tells you its not a great deal if it were an investor woud have already purchased it 4 month ago.  

Right now I pull county data into excel for free and upload that into deal machine.

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