@Bhuja Parikh,You can still find good SF in suburbs of Austin in 175K range.You are right, SF is better investment than condosNot sure how much more quick appreciation you will get in Austin, need Amazon HQ2 for quick appreciation :)What is your property criteria...

I listened to podcasts and quickly learned that I would need to find off market deals.

With quick numbers like that, it seems to have strong potential to be a great rental.

It starts to add up quickly. 

Thanks Guys for your quick response.

We purchased this property with the intention of performing some cosmetic rehab and reselling it quickly and that's exactly what happened.

One offer with conventional financing and another higher offer with seller financing.This way he looks at the higher dollar figure and is more appealed to that offer.As suggested - it also helps to provide pros/cons for the seller to do seller financing.He might find it attractive if he is nearing retirement and still looking for an attractive rate of return via the interest rate on the seller financed note.

A payment history of at least one year is much more attractive to investors than zero payment history.

@Jimmy O'ConnorNot an expert, but it seems flipping is more attractive to those with less money and more time.

I pay by ACH as well to avoid having to write checks and mail so they receive their funds quickly and it's efficient.