The price generally will be current fair market retail value or if you can reasonably account for appreciation during your option term and set the price accordingly.* Option term should be no more than 5 yrs max.

My wife and I both worked for nearly a decade for a commercial property company focused on leasing and sales in the retail sector so personal real estate investing was always a path we knew we would pursue having seen first hand the wealth real estate can generate. 

op=agent&act=webp...Kelly Upchurch is a broker-owner who use to be my broker-sponsor and assisted me in my first ever probate retail sale.This is her website: http://stonebrookrealtygroup.com/And Megan Laherrere is also a broker-owner and can be contacted through her website:https://www.megansellsplacer.com/All three are also investor friendly and yes, there are programs for the first time home buyer(s).On a side note the town of Pleasant Grove is in Sutter county but within the geographic area of Sacramento county.All three will be able to answer all your questions. 

To install solar panels and a geothermal heat pump in the Boston area might cost about $100K retail, which seems like a non-starter UNLESS incorporating these into a mortgage made financial sense for the buyer, and...appraisers factored this into the appraisal valueSo in other words, if the additional amount on a 30 year mortgage were offset by energy savings & programs, AND the buyer was able to live carbon-free, it seems that this might attract a savvy and enlightened buyer.

There are also specific organizations for different asset classes such as multifamily, retail ,industrial etc. 

I will also say that in my business I dont buy rentals at retail value and I don't buy rentals that the rent/cost ratio is less than 1%.

Independent Insurance Adjusters, Equifax/retail credit bureau and an actual Home Inspection Services in the DC area.

Most of them were actually selling close to retail prices.

This may not be obscure knowledge, but it blew my mind when a kitchen retailer gave me this tip yesterday: When rehabbing a kitchen, don't replace the cabinet boxes unless they are in bad shape (or you're using a natural wood finish that you won't be able to color match).

Retail investors are allowed.