If the seller is willing to do seller financing, that seems like a much better solution than doing a USDA loan, but is it really?

Seems to me it would provide a more consistent face to the tenants and would streamline income and expenses tracking and payments. 

I have seen comments about tax liens there and it seems as if it isn’t worth doing.

Towns with household-name universities always seem to have strong culture and good businesses.

oh I just read their purchase agreement with the seller, it seems they did get POA to do anything with the house.

From BP, it seems like Fishtown, Brewery Town, Olde Kensington and areas near Center City hold much potential, so I'm planning to look more into those neighbourhoods for now.

If they have good rates and right loan performance they will get people crazy behind them. it seems something to be careful before submitting any info.

They had the money in my bank account in a few days typical ACH time frame it seemed.

In listening to others speak about MTRs, it seems like the monthly revenue from Furnished Finder is on the lower end.

I had a situation similar to this once and I used words like "working towards a common goal" "I have a check in hand ready for when this project is completed" and that seemed to help a little bit.