BG: Tried renting out a house to earn extra money. Didn't work out. Reasons why are unimportant to this post, except to say they are lessons learned. I need to sell.
Have a buyer who is interested in the house and agrees on my price. Making this sale (at that price) would cut me free of what I owe on it and (maybe) allow me a very slim profit. Problem is: the buyer (despite having a long work history and steady income) has subpar credit. As in, a low, but not rock-bottom score. Buyer has been turned down for one loan, but I don't think that has to be the end of the story. There's no doubt buyer could make the payments (they are in a situation where a mortgage would be vastly cheaper than rent), but some previous bad decisions are haunting them (I can relate).
There has to be an answer here. We have someone willing to buy, someone willing to sell, and a price agreed upon. All we lack is the loan to make it happen. Is there a somewhat creative way to make this happen?