Brokers who arrange loans will do most of the work with their own borrowers and sell/assign the loans to you.

Make sure you treat this like any type of business arrangement and that they have the ability to pay-that they have solid jobs/good credit etc :)3. 

Not because there's "no paper trail" but because there was no such arrangement in place.

Do an equity share arrangement where they get some of your upside whilst you still pay on your note or your renegotiated note.Pretty much what ever you the lender and you can agree on and makes sense for both parties.This is where you have to be careful of who you borrow your BRRR money from and you really should be all approved for the refi before you commit to PM loan or HML. 

I made arrangements with a partner to purchase the property using his cash.

(I should probably look at our landlord insurance policy to see if there is something in there regarding tenant injuries).As a gesture of goodwill, and because we feel bad for his pain & what they went through, I’m thinking of driving (an hour each way) to hand deliver a gift like an “edible arrangements”, and possibly a gift card for a nice/expensive restaurant near where they live (or pay in advance for a meal for two, if a gift card isn’t possible).I’d like to get anyone else’s thoughts about whether the tenant would have much of a case if they decided to sue us.

Making death threats (in a recording, no less) is a good way to receive a different type of subsidized living arrangement.. 

Its amazing what one officer will bring the hammer down on someone and leave them with no benefits for while another will arrange the discharge in such a way to not impact the person negatively later on. 

There were some pros and cons to his arrangement, being able to understand what you are looking for, I can see what information I can provide that may help. 

Given the homeowner's desire to sell the property but continue living in it until she passes away, a seller financing arrangement may not be the best fit.