I’ve had a few instances where I’ve felt a lack of respect due to being a female and on occasion due to being younger than my tenants but for the most part it’s never been an issue.

Always pay directly to the lender.And on occasion a sub2 transaction can call for the seller to coninue to make a portion of the payment.

Until then, What's the occasion?

If all you're getting is angry responses, you may be targeting a deeply entrenched community that has been approached with this kind of offer on multiple occasions by less than scrupulous buyers.

If what you meant was that I misinterpreted what you wrote, or didn't understand what you wrote, or ignored points in your post, that's quite possible -- I make mistakes on occasion.

This method has work for me on several occasions with tired landlords or absentee owners that call me about selling their property.

I am not the most experienced real estate investor only investing in one home in my life, however I have over 16 years in the Lease to Own Business and am currently a Regional Manager for the nations largest furniture leasing company, and deal with similar issues with customers and It has been my experience that in every case the need for something outweighs the individuals need for security and privacy I have on occasion dealt with folks that have initially refused to give a social, however when it came down to not getting the merchandise they always went ahead and gave the info.. 

Just closed on a deal Friday with a seller that cussed out me and my partner on multiple occasions, called randomly late at night while she was drunk to call us criminals, tried to sell the house to another investor while we were under contract and then at closing brought a fishing license as her form of ID.And just like you I'm going to sell the property and put an easy $10k in my pocket.

Plus, saving time on things as miniscule as keystrokes and digitizing data become huge deals that only quality software can solve.A few times, I approached the owner (and on separate occasions, the management) of the company suggesting their development of tools for real estate investors since this industry is focused entirely on every other type of real estate professional except investors.

Use invitation type envelopes (a little more expensive but worth it) and birthday stamps or flowers or animals etc, or some type of occasion stamp.