And while crime isn't out of control in either suburb, it is higher than the national average and the schools are medicore at best.

Cameras showed it was the pest control person.  

Then I(we) control everything.I know there are details to work out, and I am still in the thinking/planning phase, while I continue to save money, but is this a conceivable plan?

If so then the chance of them defaulting on your seller finance terms is high and you’ll still be affected by the same problems with the property that exist now, you’ll just have much less control over it so your risk “being the bank” on this property is going to be high. 

It’s a short dead end road so I have this notion to own the whole street and control the look and quality of the neighborhood . 

I have clients that have these kinds of arrangements, and while it is easier when an org fills your units, you can lose control of maintenance and cleanliness.

I want to be in control of what happens with my property and my cancellation policy so I won't use Airbnb or VRBO for midterms.

I went ahead and downloaded GoodEgg's track record to see how they do it, and let's just say it would be easy to assume they had more control than they did on a lot of the deals.All told, if the company website, and the People that work there according to LinkedIn, are not showing any operational roles, they are likely a capital raiser.  

A kitchen fire in the back unit got a little out of control and burned up to the roof.

This control over contact, is apart of manipulation and abuse.I may be a kind person, I do consider myself to be somewhat of an empath as when I am dealing with confrontation or a disagreement I always try to put myself in the other persons shoes.