We want the seller to know we are not too deep in to back out and walk away for leverage.

Lane Kawaoka  good idea out of state investors or buy and hold investors have a whole different set of experience's and the skill sets that are needed and the amount of education needed to make those work is pretty deep.. 

If you can share that information I might have some suggestions.George KrajacicHi @george, before I answer tht, I would like to thank BP for putting My Discussion on top, else, this would be buried deep in the forums.

That stuff will soak deep into the foundation.

That I'll agree with Joe, but an option is not an exit, it does not relieve any obligation at all of an owner.  

There are so many international investors in LA so you have to have deep pockets.I invest in Maryland and Virginia rite now.

From a distressed owner then is different, if it was an agreed price and you dealt fairly, when you buy that relieves that seller.

I've been diving deep into the podcast as well, a lot of information to gain.

For me it's been a lot of podcasts, deep web dives and Google searches.

No, they could not dive deep into every aspect of everything.