thanks @brandon_turner, I have to admit a few weeks of 'lurking' - the most recent podcast quick tip lit a fire under me to finally introduce myself!

If a guy pulls up with a budwieser sticker in his beat up old truck, I'm going to assume he gets lit on fridays and isn't going to treat my place well. - Forward progress in Life - Personally, I want people who will stay 2 to 4 years at a rent that makes sense and then move out so I can increase the rents and do any revitalization work that needs doing or repairs required that went unreported during their tenancy. 

Are they well maintained and well lit. 

You just lit a fire ... thank you for the inspiration and a kick in the arse... appreciated + needed!!!

In California, people commute to work is very normal.Such as Temecula , people who works at San diego can't afford the housing there so the new town was built to meet the demand of housing.How can I analyze the demand for the residential only cities.StellaQuote from @Taylor L.: It's all about the local economics!

For instance a bathroom needs a bright white like with a 4000K+ color bulb and not a dim 2400 or 2700K bulb.

Three drive by shootings that lit up my windows and front door, a big swat team bust, over 15 times the cops had to come out to deal with tenants and an eviction during the moratorium, I got them out.

Just clean it (basement), maybe paint the floor and make sure it is well lit, but going beyond that is probably not worth it. 

@Philip L., it appears that our colleagues have given you some solid advice. 

The seller could easily refuse to go through with the sale for a ton of different reasons, and then you're stuck with the only recourse being expensive and time-consuming litigation in front of a judge that might have a dim view of lease-options anyway.Are you sure you can't get a rehab loan with an investor-centric local bank like River City Bank?