Quote from @Collin Hays: This is zoned commercial, so I could do pretty much anything I wanted with it except a casino.ouIsn't the Texas legislature considering casino gaming this session? 

Weekly sessions like CE in a way.

@Fara Heath  Just curious, how did this deal work out?

I absolutely think it was the right investment because of that but not once did anyone guarantee that this would work out.

I strongly recommend getting involved with your local REI meetup groups so you can work out your pitch with help from other landlords.I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way without tone or facial expressions behind it. 

One of their so called instructors from one of the training sessions asks the students to go to the five star hotels, or go play golf, or go horse riding, or go hang out at the high end night clubs for the sake of fund raising.

you can build triplexes in columbus for cheaper. if it was more about you living in Grandview could work out but that's a tough exit one unit won't even get 0.5% rule.

Us: We want to buy the property, fix up the (3) apartments not occupied by her parents to generate rental income.QuestionsMy thoughts are to work out a deal where we purchase the property from her parents without taking a loan from bank.

The Subto community calendar offers a wide variety of over 20 live Zoom sessions every week.

-Legal Protection: A real estate attorney should draft the seller financing agreement to make sure your interests are protected.Final ThoughtsThis might be a pretty awesome first project if you can work out some sort of low-down, seller-financed deal with sweet terms.