I'm from the other Vancouver, about 6 hours south of you at the southern border of Washington State.

If you're willing to gamble and can afford the negative cash flow, this can work out.

@Katie Heer I am mostly looking on the outside of the city (lawrence or hamilton border), but would be open to other areas and possibly Philadelphia

Just south of the border from you.

Then froze at looking at all the countries in the world and their expected immigration / birth rates for 2030.Felt I was at a gambling point when I started seeing myself looking into Jamaica.

If they've just got the 3.5% down, then you've got to decide if it's worth the gamble to enter into a long escrow, or take the listing back to active in hopes of finding the right buyer with the right loan (or cash).

The house is dirt cheap with an extra lot included-looks to be a pretty lot-ie. tree /bushes bordering it, but I can't seem to able to generate a lot of interest from investors (made a bunch of calls / emails as we just started marketing it last week).I'm wondering if investors have just gone cold there.But perhaps from your posts I'll figure out what's missing.

Although I live in Ontario Canada, I would think that this question is relevant on both sides of the border.

I have never purchased via seller finance before, but the seller is motivated to get her IRS issue cleaned up -- roughly $31K.I know this is a risky proposition on the $10K, but I think I am willing to gamble on this to give us enough time to work through pay-off arrangements with IRS if it is the best way to keep control of the property until we can get to clean title.

It borders on mortgage fraud.