In one case, the Seller arranged for a six month free lot rent for his son only later did the new Owner find out the son was also a registered sex offender!  

If it is work out an arrangement so everyone makes a little.

to their friends and family.This is what I want them to say back: “You know we did something unusual, there was an agent that showed us how to get more money by selling on terms versus for cash, so we did a lease to own arrangement, avoided paying a commission and closing costs, we saved that money, and we got a paid mortgage payment for period time and then pay off our mortgage.

Although you don't have to worry about the risk because everything worked out for you, the risk that you would take in such an arrangement is complimentary to the risk that the seller is taking in trusting the buyer to protect his credit by actually paying the bills and by not leaving him with a destroyed investment to have to sell if you were to default.  

Here's the way it  (usually) works: an agent gets a listing contract and in it they arrange to be paid a commission (say 6%) by the seller.

Thus far it hasn't been an issue however they requested to maintain the same payment arrangement as the previous landlord which is via paypal. 

Thanks,Watson Hi Watson,None of the bedrooms have a private bath, so they do have to share and make arrangements for that.  

Even if you verify that the dad makes plenty of money, if they suddenly decide to pack up and go home without telling you, you likely won't be able to collect a judgement anyway.You can ask for things like:- Passport, Visa- Verification of their enrollment in the school- Local ID like DL- Pay stub from DadAnd do your own digging.That being said, a lot of my friends are either landlords to Chinese student renters or are themselves Chinese student renters and they seem to all be happy with the arrangement.  

What are the arrangement when it comes to TIs, lease term, concessions, parking, etc?

The point was that with the HOA, I have a risk of losing my house and currently my HOA doesn't seem to add any value by enforcing the nuisance rules, though I've heard horror stories about old ladies losing their paid off homes because of the wrong type of flowers being planted, etc.The HOA doesn't seem to add much value because they don't currently enforce rules but at any year that could change if enough people complain and it could swing the other way.