They are messing with people's lives (as in, the tenants), which is the most unfortunate part. 

Keeping your finances separate and organized can save you money on tax preparation if the CPA doesn't have to clean up a mess at the end of the year.  

It also has more risk — bad contractors, market shifts, appraisal surprises — which can mess with your timeline or returns.If you want smoother cash flow and less headache, just doing fix-and-rent with clean, turnkey properties (or light rehab) might be the better route.

They left the place a mess, but I didn't see much intentional abuse so recovery shouldn't be that expensive.

Unless anyone else had a different experience? 

How else might I be able to provide value to our guests and make the listing more attractive  in the winter and summer.

But if he is just being difficult and he owes anything more than 30 days then don't mess around. 

But weirdly, a good number of these deals fall apart halfway through.Either the seller backs out… changes terms… or just ghosts.Curious—has anyone else run into this pattern with seller-financed hybrid deals?

You have to fire this scum bag and bring on someone else who has to pick up a mess left by the first guy, and now the second guy winds up being just as lazy and untruthful and now you have to fire him too. 

Anyone else experience something similar?