Tell the tenant you will only accept payment in full with certified funds.3.

The seller can accept your offer, reject your offer, or counter back with what he thinks it is worth.

I should have clarified that what I meant was that there are PMs out there that will do the most expedient thing and accept a tenant just to receive a quick commission.  

A deed is given and accepted as an alternative to ("in lieu of") foreclosure.

Watch out for what gets deducted in home warranty or concessions but those will be in offers you accept. 

In our area, its fairly "normal" for showings to happen after accepted offer to minimize disruption to tenants. 

These sellers might be more open to offers to accept payments over time. 

We currently accept rent from tenants using a variety of 3rd party apps-Cashapp, Venmo, Zelle but are moving away from accepting payments in our individual names and want to start accepting payments directly to the LLC/business accounts, but LLC accounts do not accept Zelle and there is a fee for using business accounts on Venmo.

This is not the norm right now, but I do believe over the next several years, we will see more sellers accepting this asset due to its potential and hedge against the deflating dollar. 

When they do, you can refinance to a lower rate.Dealing with current high interest rates (about 7% on 01/27/2025) you have the following choices:A larger down paymentAccept a negative cash flowBuy down the interest rateCombine and balance all three to get an acceptable cash flow today.