The benefits of the DSCR vs.

Even then, the IRS may scrutinize the transaction if it appears the intent was to immediately convert the property into a personal residence.Additionally, if you eventually sell the property after converting it to a primary residence, you may qualify for partial benefits under the Section 121 exclusion for primary residence gains.

Can provide all the benefits from a cash flow and tax perspective.

Seller will be taking a 30k+ loss with this route.325k with 50K down to seller, 3 years of payments $1600/month, and a balloon payment of 215k at the end of 3 years.Benefits to me: (1) 10k less downpayment, (2) with the conventional route, the loan would be at 228k after 3 years of payments, so I will gain additional equity with the 2nd option since I will owe 215k (presumably I will have to refinance at that time).Benefit to seller: she gets over asking price, 50K upfront and $300/month of cash flow.Does this offer and structure sound reasonable?

If it's worth $1.3 million today, it will be worth $3 million or more in 20 years, you'll have paid off the debt (or most of it), you'll earn at least $3 million in cash flow over those 20 years, and you'll have tax benefits.

You need to do a cost-benefit analysis to determine if it's worth it.  

If your chosen strategies would benefit from it - use it!

BUT then, the tenant complained that they were paying for the credit boosting feature in RentRedi and would not be getting their credit-benefit if the other tenant didn't pay on time. 

These tend to have less management headache but still have strong returns and tax benefits. 

Where is the benefit to the end buyer here?