I will be setting up time to talk to him shortly myself. 

Assuming you have talked with the seller, I would ask for the requirements for assuming the loan. 

You can always pretend to be a renter and pump the Seller for information.  

In short, what differentiates me from my competition is my adaptability and my compassionate nature.

So here is the Stone County regs on STR - Section 25, Short-Term Rentals.A.

You will also want to network with someone thats an expert that can help you through that so you don't end up losing money, or not being able to refinance.If you do want to take advantage of the percs of putting low money down and doing a primary, you'll definitely want the advice of an experienced lender that can tell you your options if you might move in a short period of time so you don't get flagged for mortgage fraud. 

That being said I’ve been trying to get seller credits for a 2-1 buydown on my rate.

I am going to target new builds in the future because the seller has less of an emotional tie to the property.

So what we did was we’d direct Lo Ball Ho to a property that was over priced where we wanted to “shock” the seller into (hopefully) getting a grip on reality.

We had an attorney draw up a seller financing deal.