Find out from them what areas of the city are more inclined to generate positive income.

If I had any inclination of thinking maybe I made a mistake in my thinking now I'm sure I didn't. 

If you're inclined to do it yourself, you will likely need to train them to do what you want.

Similar units in the area typically pull in $500 more per month on a short term basis vs. long termThe seller purchased the house 1 year ago for $210kI’m inclined to offer $265k and see if the owner counters.

I agree, we all should list in our contract .... can’t  cultivate or smoke, etc but if they are really inclined to do it we will be in a nasty legal ground.

The preliminary information I have about the potential seller is that they're seeking to reinvest in a different locale, so looking to dump all properties in location A to reinvest in location B.Some questions I have:Big bank vs small[er] bank vs private lender - who, if any, would be most inclined to view this as a basket for a single mortgage?

It seems that the consistent advice I've received is make as much money with as little amount of debt and in my case that seems to be the finance route which I now feel more inclined to do. 

So if I were them, I would be inclined to ride this loan out for 30 years as they're never going to find another deal like this.Which brings me to my question(s). 

I'd be more inclined to give them an option to buy for 24 months with Option Consideration of 3%.When they exercise, you can 1031. 

A little nugget of advice for those who would be so inclined to knock down a chimney...