I am in the middle of researching all of the how to's of seller financing, and would love to hear from someone who has structured a deal like this before.

@Gabriel Samuels  No, not in the middle of the lease term, and if you plan on doing it at the end of the lease, make sure you are giving them proper notice.  

Would you not try to get in the middle of this?

In between 2 towns, one small and one middle to upper size.

We have rented before and all our landlords have always been middle age to older. 

I remember when we were refinancing our house we were in the middle of redoing the kitchen and they would not give us an appraisal until it was done because banks won't give a loan on a house without a kitchen.

The laws are changing regarding this for purchases and LLC created over the last couple years, so the middle step of the Land Trust is not longer required to avoid the Due on Sale Clause - as long as they dont change the laws again.Land trusts were used for a long time in this capacity and have not been altered, so I personally still utilize them to avoid all the changes that keep happening with those loans.

They both rented within 24 hours of being listed and now we are on pace to cover all of our expenses.

We chose a long established middle class neighborhood in a good school district.

In between 2 towns, one small and one middle to upper size.