It was in a good community that had a strong sale market.

With current interest rates and prices most homes on the market are not going to cash flow right out of the gate.

I've put 4000+ miles on the truck in the past two weeks (and more last winter) driving the western US and window shopping many towns and markets.

Anyone and everyone who is active in the Philadelphia real estate market is invited to meet us at Off the Rail in Media.This group is a little bit different.

If you have a loan, you may wish to look into due-on-transfer clauses.

Let me caveat by saying I do not know the Cleveland market.

The owners may agree to carry part of the financing, but you won't need them to stick around to transition operations.After acquiring the properties and assets you wish, you would either run your own business, or part-out and resell some of the assets.From your post, it does not sound like parting out the properties is a viable path and where you admit to having no experience with vacation rentals or the resort business, you might want to explore purchasing the business with the current owners hanging around for a bit to help you get your feet wet.Regardless of approach, it needs to have legs to be worth pursuing.

I wish they had an agent. 

You could buy a distressed SFH, live-in-flip, and increasing the market value much easier.

This is often a losing proposition for the seller, unfortunately.Granted - when a house in in disrepair and would be hard to market otherwise, it is a path forward for the seller.