@Lee Burns  I think you were addressing your post above to me, so I'll take a shot at it. . .My reasoning is that a sandwich lease carries additional risk that might prove burdensome for a new investor, particularly a new investor with limited cash reserves. 

Shots fired!

I am really not comfortable speaking out in person but i am going to give meet ups a shot because i know its good to create a network.

We have heard from our realtor that they are starting to bid above, but we face a decent shot if we offer to close in cash. 

Don't believe they're free( might have free trials) bu they do get owner information so that might be your best shot.

. - I could possibly come up with the funds to purchase it conventionally, but it's a long shot. 

We may have shot ourselves in the foot by listing it at $350,000 as I assume an appraiser will see that.

Rather than this type of policy, they would have better success with an incentives-based policy that gave landlords something that wanted to take a shot on these people.

I have not decided on whether I'll do it or not, but if I decide to, I want to have the best shot possible.

I’ve had this happen once in another state where I bought in a gentrifying area and property taxes have shot up to about $15K this year - the city claims the property is double what it sold for a few years back though there is no chance it would sell for double or even 20% more.