You can pay them a competitive interest rate and you will retain full control of the building while you learn about managing rentals.

So,  if you are serious and have some experience, you can probably cut a few years off your business development trajectory, and save more than the $15-$20K fee by retaining this outfit.

We do this for all our tenants and have been able to retain all of them here since we bought the building.

We aren't doing 100% up front, but just recently started charging a retainer and have had zero pushback. 

I immediately got suspicious and retained these papers.

I wanted to retain as much cash as possible, while still getting into my desired neighborhood How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?

This will retain 90% of visitors to the website.

You could then sign a retainer with said attorney who handles the rest of the process (title searches, filing fees, etc.).

Your grandmother should retain ownership and pass it onto you to benefit for the step-up in basis, avoiding a significant tax burden upon its sale, especially if she isn't already liable for estate tax.

In most seller financing deals, the buyer takes ownership of the property immediately upon closing, but the seller retains a lien on the property until the loan is fully paid off.