Fellow Newbie here I look forward to walking this journey with you!

The property is in a highly desirable area just outside Boston in walking distance to rapid transit.

This was a perfect set up as it had a walk out basement/separate unit with 2 beds/1 bath and a kitchenette.

I think more people do not understand the risk of seller financing. all the people I see applying for seller financing could not get a visa card there credit is so bad and there savings is from the pennies they find walking down the street. 

Could you make 10 or 100 videos for a business you could walk to today?   

Keep walking.

X dollars to get the goods they had and if they were unwilling to do exchange I immediately walked out.

Would you feel safe walking around?

As Chris noted, for all the news about how terrible they are, and a little of it is true from my post-COVID experiences walking around SF, NYC and LA, a lot of it, I think is blown a bit out of proportion.  

If they spring something on you at the closing table, run, don't walk, away.