IMHO, Lease Purchasing is an awesome investing strategy out there but you need to have a good understanding - which means educating yourself thoroughly and having air-tight contracts.

The other major repairs are having 4 old forced air furnaces that since the house is winterized I can't verify are in working condition.

@Brian Burke  Its not often I get a willing passenger like Brandon... maybe we can shoot part of it from the air  that would be novel...If you have not been up to Friday Harbor its one of the Great private aviation destination fly ins on the west coast... 

No solid goals yet, I'm still up in the air with how I want to get started.  

Have you considered using Air B&B to manage it yourself?  

Is that a IRS red flag?

The house is usually extremely dirty after one year - with the same air filter installed -(after I show them how to change it at the lease signing, and it is spelled out to change four times per year), weeds in the yard ( too hard to pull them out as they become big I assume), many times- cars parked half on the grass ( we always have two car driveways and garages - and it is spelled out in the lease not to do this), etc.

Brian Scales I own a janitorial service and Im a Air Force veteran with a VA home loan that I would like to use to flip houses  

I'll take 4 seasons, a 2500 sqft home on 2 acres for $200K, a down to earth girl, clean air, and 100 yards of open highway in front of me and my V8 every day.  

I haven't seen the house yet...rehab is in the air..But I do know you can get 450-550 a month in this area.