I have been trying to sell my rental property and for the past few years but the market price keep decreasing where my mortgage owed = market price, currently almost no equity in thereI've considered/ tried following: - conventional way using realtor - even though seller's realtor willing to take less commission, no guarantee that buyer's realtor is willing to do it as well.- agreement for sale/ rent to own - fail because tenant buyer defaulted.- no fee/ low fee realtor brokerage (commfree, 1% realty etc.) - actually they charge more than what it shows in the ad.- direct marketing through kijiji, facebook, reach out to my real estate investor friends for direct sale or another rent to own - this is what I am doing now.- 1% fee realtor website (bodecanada) - this is pretty new and I start to put my property there- rent out to tenants - this is what I am doing nowMy property is half duplex with illegal walk out basement suite so I rent out upstairs for $1200 and basement for $700.

I do most of my own work, so If I buy a house that needs new paint and roof, I'd be paying less than half of the repair cost just in material... and keep what I would pay a contractor... or pay a seller because they just paid a contractor.  

How likely is it now a days to get the seller to pay closing cost?

Also the county will generally have a small recording fee that sellers usually pay

Another investor may have hit a market the year before, but since then, some other people have become motivated sellers because their life situation has changed.

When paying off a seller who financed it, I always ask for an early payoff discount (usually 10%) about 3 years in as well. 

@Bruce Harding if neither you nor the seller are experienced with this type of property I would recommend you both consider the value of engaging an experienced agent to represent your own respective interests.

My wife, being a Realtor, saved us money on the commission we didn't pay to the seller (us). 

Either the seller is being unreasonable or there are extenuating circumstances.

If I don't advertise the house and make it clear to the seller that I am assigning the contract to an end buyer, then I believe that it is legal.