He has to be getting tired of the tenants.

I love the BP community and I'm probably going to get speared for this post, but I'm tired of the drivel spewed on this website by really intelligent people in regards to various investment vehicles, but usually aimed at the stock market (DJIA/S&P).  

She (the current owner) agreed to sell to us instead and let us deal with them because we can deliver a down payment immediately and she wants to move on to a new town ASAP.It's possible I'm just not getting my head around it, but all those conditions make it sound like this deal is basically-She owner finances to us while we owner finance to them and I can't figure out how to structure that so that everybody (I mean especially us, but still everybody) wins.Please take pity on my poor tired brain. 

I'm tired of useless efforts that have no return (mail, am messages) I pursue and talk to anyone about the properties I have interest in..neighbors, lawyers, family...

I used the tired and true "bang on the ceiling with a broom" method.Just curious, did you interview this person's previous landlords?

Yeah I'm getting tired of the bird dogging is illegal crap too.

After speaking with them, you find out 40 of them are unemployed, want to move in with five friends and 12 dogs, are 18 with no Landlord reference, won't have the deposit until they get their tax return in February and will start paying rent in June, don't have the $20 application fee but they will as soon as their buddy pays for the tires he sold, etc.You get a lot of "lookie-loos" because they're not really interested/motivated but they're checking to see if you're a sucker willing to give them a really sweet deal.

When the day comes that I’ve got too much going on to do that, I’ll charge a small fee up front to filter out the tire kickers.

We've done well for ourselves but we are tired of sitting at computers and want to get into something that will keep us on our feet and something that we love. 

from my experience over the years the progression of investors tends to be  rentals first... then get tired or burnt out of working with tenants and PM's... they then move on to notes for monthly cash flow..