The market is  4-6 bedroom sfr or 2 fam residences. 6 bedroom may be 3 over 3  and may have been with holding?

Just add up the original purchase, add any renovations/construction/improvements, and divide $23,400 by that number to get your annual CF yield %.If it's 10-15%+ annually, you might want to hold it since that yield on your current cash is hard to beat. 

The population has been growing here year over year over the last decade, it is home to The Ohio State University which has over 50,000 students that live here along with those that visit, and it also holds a diverse range of young professionals and traveling nurses to fill the demand of the multiple business corporations and hospitals stationed here.

So even if MFB was doing good and had no leverage or affiliation with the creditor, since MFA collapsed MFB investors are stuck holding the bag and are potentially going to get wiped out.

So yes, you can fix and flip, or hold as a rental, or whatever.

Investment Info:Small multi-family (2-4 units) buy & hold investment in Rancho Cordova.

The only time it makes sense to seller finance is if it needs considerable rehab and you hold a loan short term (12 months) to let them fix it up.

IE, you have to book them as revenue when they are received, you can't hold them in a separate account and not recognize the revenue.  

Now I buy and hold/rent.

It is a red flag per se, but not a deal breaker on its own.how a landlord manages their property plays a big role in the regularity of tenant payments.