Get your funds together to purchase the property in the event you can't find an end buyer. 2. 

In the meantime, I would also start attending REIA meetings and other REI networking events in your area.

Or you can directly meet them by registering to real estate events around you: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings 6.

He pays you, monthly, or he gets uninvited from family events.

@Rashaan Ahmad If you go to the events tab you'll see some meetups in the city.Check this one outhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521/topics/801624-nyc-real-estate-investors-networking-event

Since we live in Oregon, we travel a lot to events in Dallas and other states. 

Do they pay the mortgage via your payments, Do you make the payments to the lender.. if the payments go to the seller how can you protect yourself in the event that the seller stops making the payments to the mortgage and you don't lose the property?

Or you can directly meet them by registering to real estate events around you: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/521-events-and-happenings 6.

If it's only 50% LTV (as opposed to the usual 80%), the lender may be very happy to give you a better rate.

Is there a significant fee that I would have to pay opposed to just going through a regular lender ?