While there is more risk in rehabbing, that is where the most value is created, in taking a run down place and making it into a nice place that can command a retail price.

However I won't count on it as their are very few end users paying all cash.Also not interested in holding a note or lease option.

I'd also definitely recommend checking out the BiggerPockets Podcast to help you figure out how you wanna use Real Estate in your future.

Andrew Emery Hi and welcome to Bigger Pockets.I coach lease option assignments and so does John Jackson and Bill Walston.You could get a course or hire a coach.Here are some docs to help you:http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/REISkillsHere are some fourum posts about lease option assignmentshttp://www.biggerpockets.com/search?

As you know, our Success Stories forum is a place where you can share all your little successes, and we encourage you to do so because when others hear about these accomplishments, they are more likely to want to connect with and work with you.I definitely encourage everyone to share your ongoing successes here in this forum.Case Studies of BiggerPockets SuccessThat said, we're now launching a new page on the site devoted to case studies of users who want to go into more detail about how BiggerPockets has helped their real estate business.

I am a first time user of Bigger Pockets but have a question that I cannot find an answer to by other means.

Hello,I'm looking for an online website/program I can use to manage our companies workflow and allow our virtual staff to interact with it using different user profiles.I'd like it to have the following capabilities.

Lease Purchase - .88 of market rent, option at .95 of average comps from sellerTo New Tenant Buyer, market rent, 20% rent credit 1st year only, 3% down option.Marketing Tenant BuyerDo an Open House, lots of signs, Thurs night 5 - 8 pm, market rent and rent credit will draw them in.Form TBer - Use http://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/REISkills/file/tenant-buyer-eval-formHope this helps.Brian

Hi Karen,Perhaps you could look at this article and give me your opinion of a Lease w Option VS Lease and Contract for Option,http://www.biggerpockets.com/blogs/3/blog_posts/26565-a-contract-for-option-is-better-than-a-lease-optionA Contract for Option was devised to not give an option until a contract was satisfied, like a contract for deed.Here is the contracthttp://www.biggerpockets.com/files/user/REISkills/file/contract-for-option-to-purchaseWith a one year lease and possible extensions, it is a tool that I believe that that will assist a NC landlord/investor.

:It's what the fair tax concept is based upon, of which I am a proponent....sorry if I am too simple...maybe I should find something else to do...One has absolutely nothing to do with the other...and the two financial models are completely different...The Fair Tax is -- in theory -- a fixed, non-negotiable tax charged to a pre-determined party (the end-user).