Its a great idea, but you will need to consult the township in order to understand their requirements for liveable space.

Understand the fees involved and calculate the total cost for an entire year of management so you can compare the different managers.

You need to make sure you understand every detail: how the lease terms adapt over time, what kind of negotiating room you’ll have when it’s time to renew, and whether lenders in your area are open-minded about financing these kinds of ground leases.

It's my understanding it's now similar to if it was a mortgage foreclosure.

Standard offer process.How did you finance this deal?

For me as well as the seller.First, you have to define Sub to financing.Do you mean the reckless kind where you overpay for a property, take over the financing and borrow from others to cover closing costs and holding costs when you have no money, no credit, no income, no reserves and can't tell a warranty deed from a deed of trust and you close on the kitchen counteror do you meanbuying below market value, already having a nice income, having reserves, using escrow and title, already understanding the due on sale clause, have done a lot of creative purchases and know when to use and when not to use creative finance and how to recover if something goes amiss?

I suppose here is a good time to ask you all, the “more expert than me-s” in the thread: on a scale of “5% return standard deviation bond market” to “15% return standard deviation stock market”, where would you put the unleveraged, post expense rental income of a well managed (aye, there’s the rub) SFH portfolio?

Then connect with some hard money lenders (you can find some here on BP as well as some who are typing this right now) and connect with them to understand their product type, what they like to lend on and requirements.Hard money broker is all numbers game of making relationships and helping those that are looking for financing, it starts out slow but if you get with a few good borrowers and lenders it can be pretty decent money to be made.As an example we paid six figures last year to HM brokers. 

When they eventually move out, I plan to do a full renovation to bring the unit up to high-quality standards and maximize its rental potential.I’m happy to connect if you ever want to chat.

So act quickly, do as the others are saying and screen him according to your standard criteria. credit, references, eviction history, etc.