I have a current tenant who would like to buy a rental house he's leasing.

The cleaner and more cooperative they are the quicker we can sell or lease the house.

I am the sole owner of our house.

If it's low-income housing, it typically involves higher risk, but if you have good, trustworthy tenants, the hassle of changing locks might not be worthwhile.

They definitely have overlays but they keep all of the loans in house including owner occupant mortgages.

People even rent out basement apartments in their own house.

Plus every time the house sells you start that amortization schedule over and you're on the "winning" side of the payments from the new owner so to speak.Obviously this only works when you've got low payments yourself or you manage to increase the value of the home significantly, but is there anything else I should be looking out for here? 

Which is the best, relatively safe Philly neighborhood for finding a potentially cash-flowing small MF (3 to 4 units)? Can’t be more than four units because I will be purchasing via a VA loan. (I know I will need to l...

Median Price: $699,900, +7.68% Yoy.Closed Sales: 4,105, 7.55% Yoy.YTD Closed Sales: 17,109, -0.50% Yoy.Inventory: 6,121, +34.14% Yoy.YTD Inventory: 27,419, -6.69% Yoy.New Listings: 5,203, 8.67% Yoy.YTD New Listing...

Density (people per sq. mile) 118 Households 1,144 Households With Basements 11 1%Renter Occupied 344 30% Multi Family 388 34% Average Household Income $81,235 Median Household Income $74,682 Per Capita Income $27,841 Median House Value $186,500 Household Size 2.9