That remains the question.

I would pay the seller what she has been making over the past 4 years, $630/mo and I would take the remaining income - about $510/mo.I proposed a straight lease, no rent credits, no money down, etc.

Since graduating, my parents continued with these properties as their investments but I continued to remain on the deed and mortgage.

She is highly motivated to sell but she's been unsure of whether she can sell with the less than full ownership issue she believes she's created.I've looked in our county land records online, and I cannot find anything associated with her name.

Great "deals" are made routinely by investors and motivated sellers in every area of the country weekly or daily.

The whole point to my post is that more buyers does not translate into more deals: more motivated sellers turn into more deals.

Are you a self motivated person?

We have steam cleaned the carpet several times, but the odor remains.

As solid team of 5 new kids to keep each other motivated, we can consult each other and pool experiance, knowledge, and maybe resources.

My parents didn't want that, so they agreed to help her pay her rent out here on the condition that she wouldn't sell any of her property and they would receive that when she passed (which had actually been the plan put in place by my great, great grandpa long ago.)Sorry if I have come off being somewhat accusatory about your motives.