So far it seems their terms have left something to be desired but its certainly worth a conversation. 

Buyer knows what we made, Seller knows what we made and everyone left happy.  

How to structure the deal and align myself with an agent.  

Being a newbie to REI, it was a good feeling receiving a message from a motivated seller who left her name, number and the property address on my Google voice number. 

You would be left with roughly $50K.

No eviction, no vacancy, water will always flow under the bridge (the water mill), EDF sends a check every month (15 years left)Well, no water mill in Detroit but still, a lot of high cap rate deals for driven investors!

In a few situations I would use a personal letter and ask them to contact me concerning their note, left it open so they weren't really aware of the matter, no sales pitch.

You have left out the information that anyone would need to tell you if it's a deal or not.

Then I acquired 2 more last year after I had left.

I originally purchased this house so my brother would have a place to live until his kids left for college.