The sellers are mostly hedge funds selling non-performing mortgages and the buyers are ideally local investors who would be likely buyers for the REOs once the foreclosures are completed.

In the end we presented evidence that no buyer would be able to finance it and got them to agree to 85% seller financing. 

They will help you clear any clouds on the title and know whether you can close in "7 days" as offered to the seller.

I had a unique perspective of how these two industries working together.While performing an inspection on a house, I got to chat with the seller and found he was a commercial construction superintendent for a large local company.

Don’t lie to the seller.

If you offer more $ for the property than the all cash offers AND you appear to the seller to be highly qualified in the method you are using for sourcing the payment, at some point your offer will be more appealing than the all cash offers.I don't understand why you would consider a 1031 for another property in two years. 

For us in the seller financed note investing world, we are often looking to find value in a deal that fell outside of a traditional banker's lending box. 

If you are interested in a home that's listed by an agent that represents a corporate seller in Atlanta or anywhere for that matter, RUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Motivated sellers and distressed properties are more likely to surface.Creative Financing: Higher interest rates are opening doors to strategies like seller financing or subject-to deals, where you can secure more favorable terms directly from sellers.Shift in Buyer Preferences: With work-from-home trends still influencing housing demand, suburban and secondary markets are seeing strong growth.

You could force the seller to bring it up to code before the sale is complete as one of the contingencies of buying it, let them deal with it.