you should get a RMLO or an underwriter to qualify the borrower. if its owner occupied and in florida you also will need to use a third party servicing company to service the loan which will run you around $450/yr. not an accountant but its my understnding unfortunately the interest income is going to be taxed at ordinary income and the principal will reduce the principal. how you offset the losses talk to your CPA.your best bet honestly is to just sell it and bite the bullet. 

If you sell property regularly as a primary business, or in the ordinary course of your business, you could be labeled as a dealer/developer and have your property classified as inventory rather than a capital asset.

Say you bought it for $200,000 and sold it for $250,000 and they put $50,000 down.Your basis is now $150,000 and the principal payments that come in from the borrower will continue to lower your basis and the interest payment is taxed at ordinary income rates.

Any damage to the wallpaper, paint, walls, floors, carpeting, doors, windows, window treatments, light fixtures, appliances, or other improvements to the Property (to include burst water pipes due to freezing caused by neglect or carelessness of the Tenant, his family, or any of his guests), in excess of ordinary wear and tear, shall be promptly repaired or replaced by tenant, at Tenant’s sole expense, so as to restore the Property to the same condition as existed prior to the commencement of the Term.

U want your parents to talk to their CPA FIRST.. if they go the development route they are now ( depending on the amount of units) creating inventory.. which will be taxed at ordinary income rates ( very HIGH)if they just sell they can 1031  and move on to something else.. many times when you run the math consider the risks of a partnership.. the sale of the land is far better than thinking your going to make some profit.. 

Definitely a less stressful way to do it the way you're describing, but I would say that 0 down time is a pretty ordinary procedure / SOP, unless a unit is getting significant renovations.

@Gavin JexSo you want a bank loan and then seller finance as wellA bank would not be in second position so they as the owner / lender would be in second.Also 0% they would still be responsible for taxes on that at AFR so if your payment is $300/mo the loan would go off federal rates so they would essentially have to claim around $5k in interest income which would be ordinary income so they may end up paying all of your payment in taxes… just fyi if they did speak with someone on thisSounds like a steal if deal for you

@Steve K.100% agree which is why I am against people doing seller financingThey are investing in a security instrument that is typically over leveraged because they may sell a $200k home for $220k, and get 7-8% taxed at ordinary incomeI can invest in other investments and get 8-10% taxed as qualified dividends or get depreciation and have ltv’s below 70%… throw in these borrowers are typically not underwritten properly and have a high chance of failure and I scratch my head why people think this is a great ideaI think a lot will learn the hard way in the next 2-3 years

Having a property management business may be good if you want to have ordinary income which will allow you to deduct health insurance / retirement plan contributions.

It's just that you will pay ordinary income rates rather than long-term capital gain rates.