Since they can't do each property individually, they use comparables to make broad generalizations to determine percent changes.

If you don't have time to wait to annually keep moving their interest in the property to you, I think the liftime gift exemption is up to $11Mil (and I hear "something" about Biden doing "some sort"  of legislation about it) so they could claim it against the lifetime cap and gift their entire interest in the property to you.I hope that helps, and maybe one of the accountants like Plaks or McElroy or Sidiqqi will chime in.Good luck.

Money is cheap and prices are up but it’s still unlikely that rents dip more than a few percent across the US, in my opinion. 

I am also looking for a market where I can use traditional financing with low percent down owner occupy strategy.

@Joseph DuckettShe if she’d do owner financing, or do a commercial loan on them with the owner financing a percent of the down payment.

Could I transfer 50 percent ownership to him in exchange for the cash? 

The “Average Annual Gross Rental Yield” (annualized gross rent income divided by median purchase price of single-family homes) among the 495 counties is 7.7 percent for 2021, down from an average of 8.4 percent in 2020.

There are investors that are begging for Contractors.Be their contractor and land the job, then say i will take on anExtra 5 percent of the deal to float my payment till closing.The deal/Equity of the deal.Put it in writing and make a contract about it.Simple Do this 5 times and your will be on your way to having a great down payment on a fixer upper that is all yours!!

May not see it again in your lifetime, don’t lose it/refi out of it.

Obviously, the owner doesn't want to screw the guy over but he also feels a little trapped and is worried that he will eventually stop paying or something similar.I had considered just buying it and letting the guy pay rent for a while but because it's a direct deposit (or similar, not 100 percent sure) it goes to the current owner's account which isn't ideal plus the rent is below market.