This is a marathon and not a sprint, so look at it like that so that you can have a long and fruitful career.  

Can you share a link that would take me to this area, as I can't seem to find it and thus the reason for me reaching out here.

I'm not sure if they still have that in this current rate environment but they do exist. 

That would make this much more complicated, since you'd likely need lender approval.In any event, you'll want to check your mortgage (if you have one) and the lease to see if you can transfer or assign.

From there, I try to figure out why this house isn't selling, and if I'm still interested I'll make an offer at a price that works at my numbers.Other than that, yes I think it is a great idea to dig deeper into more creative methods of finding deals - wholesalers, direct mail, door knocking, networking, etc.

I also took this entire section, and fed it to both ChatGPT and Google' Gemini's AIs to see if the calculations seemed correct.

Are there any ways to get around this?

To play devil's advocate (and keep in mind I have no skin in this since I'm in a different market):-You want to tailor to investors, then be prepared to sell at an investor price. 

I am guessing only you would be signing the 18 month lease and this individual who is there to "help" won't be voluntarily offering their signature as a co-signer?

This ma be a front for a cult.