Fellow Illinois landlords, the following is a link to a rental payment assistance program that just opened for housing providers/landlords.

Digitization and tokenization will transform the purchase, holding and sale of the real estate property.

I have helped folks with owner financed transactions before, but never have assisted someone where they paid it off so quickly. 

The back up plan is actually for us to move in, since we are currently selling our apartment and plan to be digital nomads for a bit.

Since you're a 1st time home buyer, have you checked into the first time home buyer down payment assistance programs that TN and AL offer?

I own a management company in Wilmington and would be happy to assist there. rpmchampion.com 910.782.4490

If you still need assistance let me know

It contains hundreds of files such as ebooks, checklists and spreadsheets for real estate investors: https://www.biggerpockets.com/files 9.Set up keyword alerts to be notified of the topics that interest you: http://www.biggerpockets.com/alertsGood luck investing and let me know if I can be of assistance.

Tell the tenant, the best deal for BOTH you and him is for him to apply for rent assistance.

All units have been rented to low-income tenants receiving assistance through voucher programs, and I plan to stick with low-income tenants to help alleviate the low-income housing stock in Phoenix.