Good compromise.

Just send the facts supporting the amount owed and a demand or an offer in compromise without other stuff attached to influence him. :)

@Katharine Chartrand Since I am viewing with my phone the check photo is a bit blurry, but you might just be exposing enough info there for a thief to compromise your account without stealing a physical check from you.

Prepaid programming and other media has made it known what RE investors do so most when dealing with an investor understand it is just that...investing, I spell out in contracts that I have the right to assign, market, sell, etc. and if Seller has an issue with any of it, I will generally compromise to a point of there comfort and it all works out.

If I was going to go after this deal, I would try to keep the down payment as close to 0% as I could and maybe stay more toward the list price as a compromise.

So, don't compromise on your standards.

personally, i've seen 20 yr notes that seem to me like a good compromise between the 15 and 30 (but still a heck of a lot quicker than 30yrs).

Once he realizes that you will not pay for profits that the owner claimed to the IRS did not exist then work out a compromise.

Unless you can find a way to compromise you are just SOL.

If you are only a 1/2 owner then when you sell the ability to receive the gains without tax is compromised.