The best return is tied to the nature of the property not the loan, the loans can be adjusted by interest rate conditions, the property less so.

Or will it just take longer for nature to take it's course?

You have to understand contractors get offered the "carrot" all the time with the promise of "just give me your rock bottom price and I have tons more work for you" most of which never pans.

To my mind, there's a gap between "upscale" and "ghetto / war zone" that is where most investors would naturally target.  

Example: Detroit - Not Diverse, Little Rock & Chicago - Very Diverse.Property tax rates.State Government >> landlord friendliness score.

If your numbers are solid and I mean rock solid it might not be a smoking deal but I bet there is an investor that would put it in there portfolio. 

I would contact a RMLOSeller financing--one property exclusionThis more flexible exception applies only to a more narrow definition of persons (only natural persons, estates, and trusts), that sell only one property in a 12 month period.

Over the last 33 years or so I have been involved in property and investing in many ways including owning my own building company, operating my own mortgage origination company, property development, renovations, flipping, rent to buys and any other ways I could learn that would make me some profit based on sound financial fundamentals.A contrarian style investor by nature, that is I do not follow the pack, I am now looking to expand my knowledge base to learning about property in the USA. 

All you would have to do is throw a rock and hit about 40 of them!  

Below's a link to a great article about the commitment Memphis is making to improve quality of life for its citizens by significantly upgrading the 4,500-acre Shelby Farms Park (http://www.shelbyfarmspark.org/).Memphis Daily News - Urban Treasure: Shelby Farms Park expansion enhances natural beauty Can't wait till it's finished!