Alternatively, if the bank ( assuming there is a bank) is fine with it, you could negotiate a credit and escrow the funds to be released after you do it yourself.  

They also have the Mortgage Tax Credit.

For a $300,000 property it could be $30,000.Then, do you have that much cash or credit available to you, in the event of a Due on Sale call?

- The percentage difference is the percentage the taxes will go up after you buy it.What do you mean by the property has HVAC AND boilers? 

I would also share pros and cons of paying taxes on the windfall versus owner carry.

A proper vetting process - background, employment, credit, and reference checks - will weed out 99% of problem tenants. 

Not to mention the tax benefits it allows. 

Quote from @Jaycee Greene: Assuming you pay asking price, I'd estimate the down payment for something like that using a hard money loan (HML) would be around 40% of the purchase price and your monthly payment would be $2,600 with an interest rate in the low 7% range (probably need a 700+ credit score to get that).

Most on this forum can't even come up with a downpayment, you can't expect them to ride HOI/tax increases, vacanices, etc., with lower leverage and less cash flow on a property.

I looked into this as well since I'm getting terribly bent over on my w-2 taxes.