You make a lot of your money in this business and establish the constraints or flexibility you have when you buy (the price you pay, the terms you establish, etc.) and those decisions and constraints or freedoms can have a huge impact on your wallet and the quality of your business life.  

Conduit (CMBS) - Conduit can be a little more flexible than agency or life co, particularly with respect to the park and terms.

I am a little flexible on pricing.

In my experience credit unions can be fairly flexible in the types of financing that they do. 

They give you flexibility. 

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Then I would think I have more flexibility to my use - whether I want to do airbnb, or a long term rental of either the main floor or basement.Also, it is near a military base, about 30 minutes away, not sure a long term rental to someone on base would be more worthwhile than airbnb.Sorry this was so long!

These loans are a lot more flexible than "conventional" loans.

Guess it depends on how flexible you can be. 

If it's important to the seller to get the highest asking price possible, offer that you can do that if they can be flexible on terms (downpayment, interest rate, loan term, etc).If no longer being a landlord will cause them to miss monthly income, offer that you can provide income in the form of loan payments and back into the numbers from there.