Yes, sure, people have wealthy friends/family or a wealthy coworker that likes to be the bank. 

Since they are nice people, we chose to trust them and give them time to come up the payments.

I am not saying this is the Norm, and I know of only two men that this happened to- both could be considered deep pockets type people.

They did not have the right people to grow with the company.

Currently they are rented to 2 different mid-term rental investors = basically no management cost to me + no turnover headaches for me.

Being a landlord sucks for the most part because most people go into it thinking it's easy.

As long as there isn't any funny business before closing and you're familiar with the mortgage process you should be fine.If you have questions on the mortgage process, call me or basically anyone on this website.

Depending on what you qualify “upstate” as (I’m in the Syracuse area) people are always looking for vacation rentals on the water, primarily Oneida lake and Lake Ontario especially in the summer time

During this period, there is typically less competition from other buyers, as many people prefer to move during the warmer months or avoid house hunting during the holiday season.

Depending on how much material or items you need there's always people selling excess material and items they ended up not using or needing, typically at a discount.