We moved to Greenville 10 years ago from SF Bay Area Silicon Valley and love it.

Any suggestions for how to handle this and still turn it into a rental (it will cashflow) are greatly appreciated!

The real trick is making sure you’ve got a handle on who’s active in your target area.

In the years that I've represented primarily BUYERS, I find that there has been challenges navigating transactions where the seller is a For-Sale-By-Owner (FSBO) AND inexperienced in handling a real estate transaction.

It would be $1.1m, and according to AirDNA it would run -$40k/yr as an STR, and while local rent rates are high it would still run about -$2500k/m.It is such a cool and unique property I hate to let it go and would love to find a creative use for it that could at least carry itself (approx $6k/m+).

Also, I do love a nice pen...happy to connect with you!

The way that things like this are typically handled is that if a lawsuit were to happen, since both people have been behaving under the assumption of a lease (the landlord renting their space and the tenant paying rent), they would probably treat it as if there was a standard month to month lease agreement.  

This gives you a clear roadmap for how to handle the situation while sticking to what you both agreed to.

Quote from @Godsheritage Adeoye: Hello everyone,Does anyone have recommendations for a title company in Maryland that specializes in handling seller-financed transactions?

(I have successfully won damages in every eviction I've handled so far, btw).Just letting everyone on here know what I suspect to be going on, so you can be on the lookout for this activity from some of your current and future tenants.