A friend has offered to pay me to manage a house he owns in the Greater Hartford area. 

I have/am invested monies with them just had 1 note pay off been with them since March ....hey so far so good. 1st position "fractional" trust deed investing although they will allow you to buy the entire note if you have the $ and wish to do so ...almost no one does in order to remain diversified.Short term investing were talking 6mos -12 mos could be slightly short or somewhat longer lets say 18mos tops.Pretty Straight forward once your on the note the cash flow comes in every month like clock work.usually takes two weeks to a month to close on an offer then ofcourse you wait another month for the first the interest only checkHere is a snap shot of a few notes I partially have invested in ....Dimple dell has just paid off so the "Capital" amounts you see is my return of Principle I am in Another note that I wont actually get paid on til the 1st week of Nov (Not Shown)LOAN #BORROWERINTERESTCAPITALDATEDISBURSEMENT TYPELF Dimple Dell, LLC$0.00$5,913.4710/12/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$129.52$0.0010/12/2016ACH/Direct DepositKD Commerce, LLC$137.50$0.0010/04/2016ACH/Direct Deposit5th East Partners, LLC$162.49$0.0010/04/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$0.00$6,057.6909/21/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$0.00$3,028.8409/16/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$150.00$0.0009/09/2016ACH/Direct DepositKD Commerce, LLC$137.50$0.0009/02/2016ACH/Direct Deposit5th East Partners, LLC$16.24$0.0009/02/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$150.00$0.0008/02/2016ACH/Direct DepositKD Commerce, LLC$137.50$0.0008/02/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$150.00$0.0007/05/2016ACH/Direct DepositKD Commerce, LLC$128.34$0.0007/05/2016ACH/Direct DepositLF Dimple Dell, LLC$150.00$0.0006/06/2016Check LF Dimple Dell, LLC$149.91$0.0005/02/2016Check 

Property managers want to be paid fairly and if you low grade everything too much you will get a fair amount of service based on that which won't be much.   

In certain markets I wouldn't touch hotels, but most markets have reasonable valuations still if your buying based on GRM.

Someone reached out on Zillow offering to lease it for a few years, guaranteeing rent payments.

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Consider markets like King's Mountain and Jacksonville, which offer the potential for appreciation and rental demand.

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@Jared Schottthe short answer is - if the house is already on the market, it's extremely unlikely that they will accept a seller finance offer. 

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