Did you ever go through with this transaction?

At first I thought that a Subject to transaction would be worth looking into for this seller.  

What is their purpose again, to act like realtors for cash transactions?

At the moment I am attempting to make my first Real Estate investment in Costa Rica on a small condo in Jaco.Do you you know any private lenders that loan to international buyers for real estate transactions?

In virtually all transactions the representation for the buyer is paid by the seller.Hope this helps you out :) feel free to reach out if you have any other questions.

@Eric JohnIf your IRA owns the land, YOU cannot build a quad on that land.All IRA investments must be done entirely at arm's length, with no transactions or nexus of benefit in either direction between you and the plan.  

The problem is...statistically, the chances of you keeping this loan longer than 3-5 years are very low...the only one that makes money here if you put down 15% instead of 20% is the lender...you save nothing and the $8000 will be consumed into another expenditure that will bring you less than it will if you put it into this transaction.  

I think it is best to have it as a separate transaction for transparency purposes.

Just a note - between despoits, bills, etc we average about 150 transactions a month, but starting to grow.Thanks!

Just closed a transaction with him a couple weeks ago.However honestly your going to need to do something with your debt level of you want to use conventional financing.