We also have a Trader Joes just a few minutes away on Metropolitan Ave. 

You could hire family members to run it and siphon off some income, but get too greedy and you are asking to have a court pierce the veil for it becoming a sham.   

Is it greedy of me to think that I should either have more of a % or be afforded more of the cash flow for this experience? 

So you have a clearing out of the market from greedy sellers who just hoped to hit the jackpot and (swing for the fences) on pricing and those who truly need to sell.    

Its not showing well because he is being greedy both in price, and by the way he has treated this tenant throughout the lease.

I'm getting too greedy or creative I suppose! 

No reason to get greedy in the current environment. 

I would commit a small amount of money, and very speculative, also not passive, since trading requires a close eye on the market, unless you are willing to trust an auto-trader. 

not without its issues putting these together.. but this is the other end of the spectrum This buyer was a burnt out mid 40s Wall st. trader who retired and they paid cash for this home..

These guys, both with MBA degrees, one a highly paid trader with Goldman Sachs said "ohhhhh, we didn't know that, we always had shower doors".