Your best bet would be someone you know.

Someone who has missed 2 payments vs someone who’s home is about to go up for action next week.

However, if you're selling to someone getting financing then often times their lender will have caps to wholesale fees and seller assist. 

We often end up finding out their credit score or income doesn't cut it only after we've shown them around, which honestly feels like a bit of a time sink.So, I was thinking, whenever someone hits us up on Zillow wanting to check out the place, maybe I could just ask upfront if their credit score is over 600 and if they're pulling in more than $6,000 a month.

He's obviously paranoid about someone coming to get him.

Plenty of options to pay someone down the line if you want

I usually just look up the real owner in public records, skip-trace their contact info, let them know someone is trying to use their land for a scam and offer to put a sign up at the property that says "NOT FOR SALE" (ironic for a real estate agent right?).

So, I am going to throw out my thinking on something to get started and wondered if someone could just let me know if it seems like an okay idea of not.I am currently in a home (VA loan) that is costing me $4054 a month (haven't even been in the property a year yet and have a 5.75% interest rate). 

Even if someone on BP told you "this is what I think", I would not tell him that, I would advise him he needs to talk to his accountant. 

Typically as someone gets older their tolerance for BS is far less.If I could sell an asset even for less $ and invest it passively at a lower risk than seller finance it to an overleveraged borrower with poor credit there is really no choice to be made in my mind.