In short, the previous owner made a deal and sold the house while they were still living for monthly cash payments until they died.  

However they made it clear that unless we would pay them something unreasonable, they weren’t leaving without a fight.

Small investor with 5 properties (10 doors) and made a 2025 goal to start using more of the features of BP. 

I've made offers before of "hey, I cant pay you $260k for this property - the most I can pay is $210k given XXX reasons.

It is right on the fringe of being legal/illegal, and lawmakers have been talking about how to regulate it for years because it can be a dangerous process that leaves end Buyers feeling like they weren't represented.....especially when they see the closing statement and find out how much the wholesaler made just by getting to the Seller first. 

Hopefully it’s not combined with the landlord hatred.)It sounds more like an attempt to either admit they made a mistake or have to do any work to fix their problem.  

(For example, when I confirm a booking, I repeat all the disclosed guests and dogs or put in "zero dogs" and request any changes to those details be made in writing in advance so everyone is clear.)

There will definitely be rude slum lords but I would say I have made some seriously good connections from just introducing myself.

Should it simply be left in a trust and payments made to the trust? 

We're not aware of anyone that's made a purchase from them work in over 3 years:(Most of the incentives in Detroit are targeted to owners that will live in their home or developers targeting large projects.