seller wants to sell to me but has an owner financed note

[Rubin Thomas]

I found an off market deal that matches all my criteria. current owner wants to sell to me but he has a seller financed deal between an investor and him already from a year ago. i dont want to simply take over the note (terms don't seem favorable at all to the seller) but i rather have the property itself. is there anyway for me to buy this property free and clear without taking over the seller financed note? 

[Joe Splitrock]

Quote from @Rubin Thomas:

Originally posted by @Martin Willard:

The original deal between the two people should have a provision for payoff terms.  As long as the person you are buying from meets those criteria, its fine.  Your offer just has to allow them to sell the property to meet those terms.  

Thanks for the reply Martin. so I'm buying it from the owner, not the investor who has a seller financing deal in place with that owner 

can the owner just sell the property like that if the investor doesn't agree?

 You are talking the old owner who only has a lien on the property at this point. If the owner sold it a year ago to an investor with seller financing, the investor is now the owner.