The unit was listed for $850, Section 8 approved $827.00.The first year she was there, I did quarterly (every 3-4 months) inspections, with 24-48 hour notice, which was documented in my lease to make sure the SFH wasn't being destroyed, now I do annual inspections along with Section 8 and document it on her file.

A few angry neighbors can quickly destroy a zoning request!

If they wont sell to you, tell them their best bet is to list it then, and ask if they want the number to your agent.

Tenants can destroy a place in 3 months let alone 3 years and often do with duplexes in Center township.

Find a number you wont lose sleep over, sell it to the first person whos well qualified and move onto the next one.

We would be crushed if we had to short sale the home and wife credit get destroyed - hope there are solutions to this story possibly.

It dosent matter what you work out with the seller, those two things wont just go away no matter how you wrap up the deal or how pretty you make it sound with land contracts and property trust...There are no loop holes when money is do...Thats the reality without all the big words and red tape...If this financially makes sense for you and your family then go for it, i think its a great deal if you work it right...All just my opion...

there are different ways to "interview" the landlord.. you can ask if they had washer and drier and match it with what they said. you can also ask how long they have been there, or just things that friends and "companies" wont know. there are tons of "trip" questions.

You wont succeed through a shortsale, the shortsale scenario is when the finance owed is more than the actual value.

You wont, i will.