@Ryan Church why dont you make the payment on the ground and send him the difference.

Attended church

However, former work colleagues or people at church can be great seeds.

There is a community church right across the street. 

There is a community church right across the street. 

One good way to learn your market is through local real estate investment groups and networking with other investors in your target market.Click on the ‘Network’ tab in the nav bar to utilize BP’s networking resources.Drive or walk around your target market to get a feel for it.Take a different route to and from work, school, church, and supermarket in order to visit other neighborhoods and communities.Identify the local newspaper that talks specifically about real estate and subscribe to it.

Usually I give half of it to my church and half to needy people or use for ministry. 

@Ryan Church I have bought a few deals in flood zones with owner financing around me in the central valley.  

It was used for many years by the Catholic Church as a home for wayward girls.

They all lived in a house on Elton Avenue that they eventually sold to the adjacent church and I've heard the church has converted it to a school.