I just want to understand realistic comparison of reg sale vs reasonable and maybe more attractive seller financing structuring taking into account future short/intermediate term interest rate trends and Time value of money (that I am a fan of learning more).As a side note, being a health care professional I am amazed and always puzzled by financing and real estate.

The brokerage format should take care of this scenario but you need some planning there. 

*One is section 8 and has become a hoarder and gets frequent fines from the HOA for items left outside (two partners don't care because the rent is always paid) * One is a tenant of almost 2years who pays on time, cares for the inside of the home but has suddenly stopped caring for the exterior, and appears to have moved in a dog and a boyfriend but denies both.

Just be careful of sales people saying anything to get a property sold.

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If you're taking care of the aforementioned items and anything else that comes up, and all he has to do is put some money down, a 50/50 split is a great deal for him. 

Just state calmly they need to take care of the property or move out.

In my experience, clean tenants that take care of the property do not have German cockroach issues.

She opted, like many lottery winners do, to take the smaller lump sump payment up front, rather than the time and energy associated with taking payments over time (i.e. selling them off one by one at a higher "market" price)The appraiser didn't care and used comps from foreclosures, that had been flipped after being purchased, from 2-3 years ago.Appraiser, like anyone else, do things for unexplained reasons some times.

I sold a duplex in Minneapolis that had at least that much elevation change from front to back.Some people will care, some won't.