Why give a person a property at cost, that will be worth the same amount in 15 years disregarding inflation, with very little repairs or tenant repairs; plus give them a revenue stream to pay it off.There isn't a lot of Meat left on the Bone. 

The only person a investor can trust is them self.

Why not just seek to borrow money from this person as a private mortgage secured by the real estate?

(1) IRC Section 1445 places the burden on the buyer to confirm the seller isn't a "foreign person" as defined by the code.

Hi @Nadir M., as for me, you can look at comparable to set the right rental, like the neighborhood, the number of bedrooms and bathrooms, single-family homes or Multifamily homes, is it a new construction or old construction.

The nerves tend to go away once your in the conversation for a few minutes and treat the person as someone you want to get to know.

Someone who just bought a sfh and put their 20% down, is a minority shareholder in the property even though most would call that person a homeowner.A lot of the Big Boy investors are highly leveraged so they may control 1000+ properties, but no, they don't own them in the real sense of the word.

If I were you I would be willing to honor the lease amount and this person as your tenant for the time period they are prepaying for. 

Free/clear real estate is not.”Person A buys a $100k house, pays all cash (into it for $100k).Person B buys $100k in balanced index funds (into it for $100k).Person C buys a $100k house, putting 25% down (into it for just $25k).Person D keeps $100k in a checking account (into it for $100k).OMG INFLATION!!!

Have not had any luck getting a hold of this person.*As