I was considering this (an Installment Sale) for tax consequences, but decided to make a clean break and we closed with a Commercial Loan for the buyer.Could age of the owner be a factor - - maybe, but I would guess inversely related; younger may really be interested and older just want to cut and run.

People cutting costs the wrong way for the wrong reasons may try to avoid replacing them placing their tenants and their tenants' children at risk.

I'm new in this journey and am on the edge of my first investment/s.

Had a change of heart the day after closing" is held up as the classic example of clear-cut unambiguous felonious mortgage fraud, when they train us.It's never happened to one of my people, but other BP members have posted that mortgage loan underwriters have discovered self-incriminating posts, like the OP, via Google, and denied mortgage loans as a result. 

Agree with Marc Woodward If it's going to be an investment you gotta cut the emotional attachment.

Others do so because  why bother getting a license when they can cut corners and avoid all the red tape.

I agreed and cut them a check for $1,100.I had to fire them after the first day because they weren’t painters.

How can I find my edge?

But that way you can have a licensed agent on the board post them and give you a cut legally.

He's going to take a cut of this transaction which I guess will be priced into the sales price.