Most of the time you end up stroking big checks and wait and lose control and have to go back and fix it anyway.No way I'd wait on somebody (who has no skin in this and doesn't really give a rip) to do this for me while taking forever and getting a month of rent for the privilege.

I'd jump on it without question and keep it forever if it were sold locally.

m=9&y=17&utm_source=HAR%2FMLS+Master+List&utm_campaign=37e6c93251-January+2017+MLS+Release&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_5c0a7c027d-37e6c93251-252424337Houston Real Estate Highlights in August, 2017: Hurricane Harvey ended ten consecutive months of positive single-family home sales, as volume plunged 25.4 percent year-over-year with 5,917 units sold;Despite Harvey’s rampage, single-family home sales remain 1.8 percent ahead of the 2016 volume on a year-to-date basis;Total property sales dropped 24.2 percent with 7,077 units sold;Total dollar volume fell 22.2 percent to $2.0 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $231,700;The single-family home average price increased 2.6 percent to $296,418;Single-family homes months of inventory grew to a 4.4-months supply, but is expected to shrink with strong consumer demand for housing in the wake of Harvey;Townhome/condominium sales dropped 31.4 percent, with the average price down 1.1 percent to $196,230 and the median price up 2.0 percent to $159,000;Leases of single-family homes rose 9.4 percent with average rent unchanged at $1,857;Volume of townhome/condominium leases jumped 17.0 percent with average rent down 2.2 percent to $1,551;HAR continues to encourage anyone who has housing available for temporary occupancy (up to 12 weeks) to please post it on our Harvey Temporary Housing page as soon as possible at www.har.com/temporaryhousing to provide housing to those in need.

@Whitney Hill - Applying rent towards the purchase price conflicts with the Dodd Frank Consumer Protection Act, but that does not apply to the option fee.

Link to complaint formhttp://www.dbo.ca.gov/Consumers/consumer_services....They do business under 2 licenses, below is the most current.

Matthew Jurica I will be grateful forever that Dave Ramsey's book pushed me to get out of debt and get my finances right.Keeping that in mind, I found myself lost when he encourages to invest in the stock market.

I believe real estate investing is a great avenue for myself and I welcome how much it has consumed me.  

I pay the pool guy $70 a month to keep it pristine and it can consume some $$$ in gas.

It will consume too much of your time for very little money.

Give the funds to your unethical property owner and they are gone forever.