It is an unfair comparison if investors are only comparing relative to the 2008-2012 period.

I hope I don't need to pay taxes until I "recover" my initial investment cost (that was 115K) or basis.I am planning to talk to title company and probably lending attorney to "minimize the damage".What is the closing costs for seller financing deal in comparison with conventional buy/sell transaction?

Quantities are fine as this will help to get to "apples to apples" comparison when looking at cost and amount of work.

Bare with me, I need to do as much research and comparisons on my own for now before reaching out to HML to not waste there or my time. 

That is the equilvent of 6 NFL teams in a city one tenth the size for comparisons and perspectives. 

Just no comparison. 

We live in eastern Massachusetts and the pricing for multifamily homes or single-family homes are pretty high  in comparison to the rental income except in some of the more urban  and higher crime areas.  

For cooking, there's no comparison. 

Then rely on a good realtor to make sense of it all and navigate the buying process.Also good comparison of different algorithms to using different agents. 

@Casey Shultz careful with this kind of general comparison of rents within a zipcode as the finish doesn't justify the rent.