I guess everyone agrees that is a big fat no.

Thankfully some other deal will hopefully make up for that but I can't tell you how many deals have collapsed at the 11th hour through no fault of my own over the years and for me to get a fat $0 in earnings.

IF the occupant is financially strong, you use an LMLO,  the price is market and DTI works out and you do a good job of creating a fat folder.  

I fat fingered my zip code when signing up for BP, and now temporarily stuck with it

Once I get that one done overall cashflow will be fat.

Agree with Frank PatinoI would consider using my investments to pay off bad debt- Plus if the property is building equity from paying down the loan and increasing in value by the time you do retire the account you have now should be a fat little piggy bank.

Bonus structure was 20% of whatever they don't spend, which I saved them 100k, gave me a big fat check of 20k after 2 months, timeline was 3 months, so who knows how much they gained renting those spaces for that extra month.

In CA my larger expense it the Fat *ss mortgage that is MONEY IN THE BANK for me. 

If they decide after 18 months they dont want to flex their option to buy, its even better for you because you keep every penny they spent on the house, and then you can start over and collect another fat payment up front with another 18 month lease option.

Once you get the first deal under your belt continue going and don't get lazy after the first deal some people will after they get that fat check of $2,000 or $15,000 check.