I'm still learning myself but I think one of the bigger benefits for the seller to do seller financing is that they do not have to pay huge capital gains tax as if they sold the property straight out.

What we did was find some wealthy investors who had their money in mutual funds and offered them a straight 15% per year backed by the property deeds.  

Any real estate related activity pierces an entity  (llc, scorp etc) and goes straight through to the license for a licensed individual, at least in MD and DC.

., the evidence regarding due on sales clauses is pretty straight forward.

Speak with a couple of competent lenders - you might qualify for a loan without going straight to less common financing options.

to ari. i been doing research online, but i have not met anyone for straight questions. my first concern would be paying monthly fees or rent of desk/ marketing/ etc and not producing income to cover them.  

@Ann BellamyDo you have a separate statute for dealing with holdovers from foreclosure vs straight landlord tenant law?

I would suggest getting your financing straight before looking at more houses.

As we all know the standard "straight line" depreciation allowance from the IRS is a 27 year depreciation schedule on residential investment properties and I believe that it is 39 years for commercial property.

So a straight across 1031 does not help you gain anything depreciation wise.