If the elect to stay, make it clear they are not to disturb the covered and painted surfaces except to use a small nail to hang a picture or make them use straight pins or last resort adhesive picture hangers (these can pull the paper off sheet rock). 

It's been too much of a mess trying to get everything straight so I am invoking the "satisfactory property inspection clause".

Process was straight forward. 

@Yoni Ramras - It's not that complicated, but you need to keep the tasks straight so you get paid as quickly as possible.

The link below is straight from the VA website:http://www.benefits.va.gov/HOMELOANS/purchaseco_loan_limits.asp

Prior to getting in the car biz 26 or so years ago, straight out of high school I was bent on getting in real estate.  

The banks might scoff at the fact that you are moving out of a single family and into a lesser desirable unit in a multifamily, but as long as you tell them straight up that you will occupy the property, and you do, then you qualify and they cannot deny you based on that fact.

@Zach Crawford why not cut the middle an here and go straight to the source: your local banks.

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.