I'm thinking about testing the market on my own at first, the home has some attractive features and is located in a desirable neighborhood.

There is a tradeoff between eye-popping investor numbers to attract top promoters and diligent screening services to keep the promoters out of trouble if they use a 506(c).

Does anyone have a good Ad to put on craigslist to attract buyers?

This property has proven to be quite profitable and it attracts great tenants.

@William Baptist Check out this post on attracting a mentor.

I don't want tenants knowing that I am the owner since my property is worth many millions and I don't want to attract attention from criminals.

They get listing data from each MLS free of charge - a service that is paid for by Realtor fees and enforces strict guidelines to ensure accuracy.They then put together great front end search tools to attract lots of buyers as well as marketing the heck out of their service.They take those buyer leads and sell them back to Realtors.

Also, during the year, a high speed ferry service is starting that would from downtown Nanaimo (about 8-10 blocks from the property) to down town Vancover, one of the priciest cities in Canada, i believe this, along with the cities redevelopment planb for its downtown would make the property a more attractive investment for possible private lenders.

As far as my understanding from what you posted, I don't see what is the asking price by the owner (unless they are waiting for you to make an offer).You really have to make sure that you have enough profit margin/reserves in order to make it worthwhile for yourself while being more attractive than all cash offer.In regards to owner financing by yourself, you need to make sure you offer better rates than hard money lender, which you are with 8%, you can even go a bit higher.Your bullet points are good to convince the owner to go with owner financing, just make sure the finance is not too tight on your end to make a profit

I'm sure she will get multiple offers, but I'm hoping mine will be more attractive by allowing her to stay.