Not bad.If the tenant buyer doesn't  or can't close you out, you either rinse and repeat with a new tenant / buyer (and a new option fee and a higher rent and a higher sale price) or you deed the house back to your original Seller and your profit is the option fee spread ($10,000 - $2,500) + monthly rent spread of $300 ($900 - $600) for 36 months = $18,300.You, meanwhile, have little to no skin in the game. 

If realtors are going to be allowed to come on here and spout insanity to round up business, they should at least be required to prove they are acting in accord with that advice, i.e. are buying something, have skin in the game somehow.Otherwise, they're like some cake decorator showing up at overeaters anonymous and selling contraband cupcakes out of his trunk. 

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

I always save up and use my own money so I've got skin in the game from the beginning.

Would you all recommend going with the highest ROI deal regardless of the deal size or to take a smaller ROI but also a smaller investment amount to get my feet wet and to learn the ropes without a lot of skin in the game?

So to the extent that this is accurate, make sure it fits with your goals, too.There are no definitive guidelines because there are too many ways to skin the cat, and too many goals you may have while doing it.

They have more skin in the game then you do.Make sure you get clear title.

Just starting to get some skin in the game and want to learn as fast as possible.

A HML will want you to put skin in the game too.

If the guests have some skin in the game, they will take better care of the house.