People who have money may prefer to seller finance but if someone is retiring they most likely don’t care about a higher sales price they want to avoid the riskYou mention ou have a 100% close rate - then why not just buy it was traditional financing if you really want the deal?

Be careful of people offering to help.

For pros, he challenges conventional wisdom and explodes sacred cows by exposing hidden conflicts of interests and mis-alignments that many in the industry won’t admit to.

If you feel the need to let them know you will be taking care of any outstanding maintenance requests, that may be positive news for themGino

I find most times if people take care of their car, they'll take care of their home. 

Financing is with a conventional loan also only under my name.I was told if I was filing jointly, the limit to where I can write-off expenses and depreciation is somewhere around $170k, but because I am filing as single, I am greatly limited.She recommended a partnership LLC where I will own the property 100% within the LLC, but I need a partner to own at least 1% of the LLC. 

Think carefully before you do this. 

If you get the conventional mortgage and it records as a first lien that’s simple every day deal.

The heavy cleaning and repair costs after longer stays are definitely pain points but I've seen my clients make it work by screening the tenants more carefully for MTRs, doing bi-monthly checks to catch issues early, and writing clear lease terms about maintaining the property.

Take care!