Sandwich lease options are quite risky and can easily lead to lawsuits.

Anything else is subjective and opens you up for a discrimination lawsuit.

A 4 month vacancy, an eviction, a lawsuit, or a large repair like air conditioning or roofing can eat into your cash flow and make you business a total waste of time in terms of making money, which is why we go into business.

Generally, only a licensed contractor can file a mechanics lien, and he would have to have proof that the owner of the property actually ordered the work done; as in a signed contract authorizing the work.It could cost the tenant a whole bunch of money in a lawsuit if he filed a false lien in order to blackmail the landlord.

Sandwich lease options are risky from a lawsuit perspective.

The house has major structural issue (sadly) and will require major capital to fix. on a side note. the property is involved in some sort of fraud lawsuit!

An unstable deck could have cost you a lot more than a few month's rent if there had been a lawsuit over an injury.

Anybody claiming to be a RE coach who has several filed lawsuits against them as well as foreclosures should be avoided.

===============I think there are a few issues for the Tenant Buyer that need to be not negotiated but BE CLEARLY THOUGHT ABOUT AND DISCUSSED with a win-win.Equitable Interest is discussed when a Tenant Buyer is nervous or suspicious of the Lessor - Optionor.Lawyers use the term to create a lawsuit Against the Optionor-Lessor.Judges in Landlord-Tenant disputes use Equitable Interest as reason to have a poor, ignorant Tenant Buyer being conned by Greedy Seller-Investor.IRS have called SOME Lease Options as DEEMED A COMPLETED PURCHASE AND SALE OR A DISGUISED INSTALLMENT SALE.Gee, what a hassle for the Real Estate Investor!

You missed a BUNCH of the expenses, such as damage done by tenants in excess of the security deposit, advertising, entity maintenance, legal fees, evictions, lawsuits, office supplies, etc, etc, etc.Throughout the United States, operating expenses run 45% to 50% of the gross rents.