Your model of fix and flip with lease options does have big upside potential, but also has more risk for most people starting out, and you have done great at scaling your business, so no doubt having you in the deal does mitigate a lot of that risk.

Various legal setups can  mitigate a large part of this risk.  

A duplex could be a great compromise that lets you start small, build equity, and learn the ropes while mitigating some of the financial risks.

You’ll make more than leaving it vacant and you’ll mitigate the risks of leaving it vacant or having to deal with tenants.

FL can't do a dang thing to stop a hurricane, but they at least try to put in place mitigation items to lesson impact. 

However, a lot of concerns can be mitigated with looking at their past rental behavior in a lot of different settings.

How are you mitigating my downside exposure?

Heck, you could possibly JV with one of em during those early months/years of getting going to best mitigate the unknown mistakes, experience leveraging. 

However, a lot of concerns can be mitigated with looking at their past rental behavior in a lot of different settings.

However, a lot of concerns can be mitigated with looking at their past rental behavior in a lot of different settings.