@Marshall Ryan  if you're looking for a specific lender you will need to post in the Marketplace.Hard money is your best bet. 

Bet Brian didn't think I'd be up so early!

If I decide to teach a class on buying non performing notes, I bet I would have a full house of new comers everyday, and all would be willing to drop $3000 each to hear me speak about notes and teach them things that they never heard before on how the note business will make them money...Joe Gore

With all the international cash pouring into the market, prices are being pushed up, and in many cases, the local investor is pushed out (we're seeing situations in which international buyers are seemingly ignoring formulas and returns and simply buying to park cash or bet on the rising tide - and multifamily is in high demand).

When we looked at it, we were of course totally relieved to see that this "mold issue" was a tiny bit of mold and we got a great deal after it sat on the market quite a while and I'll bet it was all because of that line about the "mold issue"!

Maybe it is the fact that they plan to market via the internet, but even that is already being done.

No investor will touch those numbers after a wholesale profit is calculated IMHO.if you are an agent your best bet is to just help them list it and find a buyer willing to pay retail value/fmv for the property.If you give us more info we can better assist you.

A full owner carry would be the best bet.

My parents are getting older and I would like to be near them to take care of them (which basically means fixing their computers and internet issues).

This would be easier for one of you to get an Authorization To Release (form which you can probably find on the internet, or I can send you one) so that one of you can talk to the bank, get the payment history from them, and compare it to whatever checks or whatever you have from the owner.