An escrow account is an account where funds are held by a third party, for distribution (ie. funds from a buyer are escrowed at the title co. for delivery to the seller a and lien holders, or monthly payments go into an escrow account for taxes and insurance, etc).  

He expressed how he want to spend the rest of his time here on this earth with his family and I totally understand.Of the 8 properties, 2 were houses, and the other 6 were condos.

Another thought I wanted to mention...When I first was introduced to the process of negotiating, it was expressed to me that understanding is always key, that "the confused mind always says 'no'."

I would, but my dad was a former US Marine, and most of his expressions aren't appropriate for this sort of context. 

@Brian Gibbons  great message I love how everyone express themselves on staying motivated..When the heat is on just keep pumping no matter what 

We've staged before and it's about 2k for design / delivery / haul away and 1k a month for rental.

Please consider that in your analysis.Please express your ideas with some numbers to support your input if possible.Any input is much appreciated.  

At that point I may offer to pay for shingles and their delivery with payment going directly to the supply house.

The question was who is reputable, not who can give me some under the radar advertising or blatant solicitations to sell me notes in the forums.And the first question should be what brokerage is well capitalized to repurchase a note under the expressed and implied warranties made in the transaction.

If the answer is no, then you are doing the same thing as buying something on sale, because it's on sale, even though you wouldn't have bought it if it wasn't on sale.To use a Poker Expression, "The name of the game, is to stay in the game".