If the lien is discharged from the property John still owes the amounts due, it is just a lien on the property any longer.If the buyers choose to take title subject to the lien the lien retains the right to foreclose those junior interests until the lien is discharged by being paid or voluntarily released.As a buyer you would want to clear title to the property thus forcing John to deal with the lien.  

That was one of the stated goals of the 2010 ADU/tandem house zoning, to preserve existing the housing stock.7.  

You should get this for your existing investment property and the new one (assuming it is already rented). 

they could have an exclusive agency listing, where the owner retains right to sell and agent only gets paid if they bring the  buyer 

Of course I don't expect potential renters to bring the deposit & first month with them when they come to look at the house, but once someone has looked at the house, said they like it and that it meets their needs, and the price is affordable to them, and I have pre-screened them through the in-house application, I expect action or I am going to move forward as if they never existed. 

Here being a client means you put them on retainer to the tune of $450.

@Thomas Stanley  it happens to the best of us... the low end low income home in the US is about as tough a asset class as exist.. yet many who venture into them have little or no experience. 

The part where I'm not clear on is for an existing rental where tax returns are available.I know that Principal, Interest, and taxes are all included as debt.  

Hi MitchBeing a foreign national, I can tell that yes, there are obstacles :- First one is ignorance : lack of information and educationIn our country (France), owner financing does not exist.

Until a couple days ago I did not even know these programs existed.