I don't want to keep disturbing the tenets everytime some guy (could be a tire-kicker) gets interested off a craigslist ad, so is there an easier way to do it, maybe take a comprehensive video of the inside or something?

Owner is from out of state and get the feeling he's tired of being a landlord.....I like the idea of having payed off in 10 years

I would start looking for tired landlords, pull up local eviction notices for your target market and then send a letter directly to the owner.  

And if you are saying a 12 cap do you mean you wrote the note at 12% interest or are you saying your discounted return is 12% interest because you paid say 50k for property and took a note back at 60k at 8% but making return on greater principal.Lots of newbies on this site and a full explanation would be wonderful for them as this is a good exit if you get tired of land lording especially out of state folks.Did you actually do a Mortgage and Note and record same.. so the new owner is paying tax's insurance and all other normal costs.. or did you do a type of unrecorded contract for deed type of transaction? 

They were more respectful of my property and they were only there for 6 months so if I got tired of them, I wouldn't have to deal with them for long.Let me know if there is anything else I can be of help with.Karl

Tons of deadbeat tire-kickers, set up 5 showings and only one showed up, but she applied and qualified.

I tired of dealing with reos but this is a decent one.

Go to IREM.org search for ARM certified for less than 50 units, CPM certified for >50 units.Landlord Association meetings are a great place to hear tired landlords who may be ready to sell.Good luck Paul

They have run into these very predators I have just mentioned far too often and are truly sick and tired of getting the run around.

1. mail carriers know when people are moving and where the vacant houses are.2. code violations3. eviction court, tired landlords4. lawn service, vacant house5.