Your closing paragraph strikes a better tone, but it's too late.

You have to be able to strike quickly if an opportunity presents itself, yet sit tight and keep waiting patiently until it does.

 It’s always helpful to have an example so give me numbers let’s say $100,000 house  market rent is $1000 Option consideration to  the investor 6%So here is how i usually do it I’ll tell the seller that they can get a 97% of the value of their house if they allow me to use a lease option  Then ill market the property generally for 103% of value  So in this example I’ll tell the seller that they will net $97,000  And the tenant buyer will have a sales price of $103,000 less the option fee of $6000 And buyer pays the closing costsSo the strike price will be $97,000 I hope that helps you understand lease options better 

Right at the moment im just biding my time and waiting for the perfect moment to strike on the local market. lol

Either path will benefit greatly from becoming great at marketing.Real estate takes time, education, money and hard work.Out of all those a lot of people Strike out on the patience and hard work!

You've got to be ready to strike when you get the chance.

Love to see people striking out on their own and not afraid to take chances that can completely change their lives for the better!

 @Michael GansbergDuly noted.I'm treating it as, bed bug  - one strike policy.The condo manager says the building never had bb's before.

That was really convenient, because of the reliable source of income.Then, all of a sudden, a bunch of options have sprung up, and I need to make a decision soon:The cell company just contacted me, and asked about updating the lease for the longer term (they're going through a network redesign, etc.)The options are:1) Set up a lease similar to what I have now (renewable 5 year terms for around 30 years), but with strikingly lower rent.

With my first deal I tried to hit a home run and I ended up striking out.