The buyers are living in the home they intend on purchasing, and working on qualifying for that loan as soon as they can (but they can't obtain financing right now because they're self employed, new in job/area/industry, or need minor credit repair before they can get a loan).Any lease option investor that doesn't embody the mantra of this, will fail miserably, and quickly.

But we got out of it with one success and one miserable failure. 

AS I AM EMBARKING ON THIS NEW ADVENTURE IN REAL ESTATE WITH ONLY MY MISERABLE PAY CHECH.

I shoot up from South Philly on it all the time and have never had an issue, but have had friends and colleagues paint a miserable picture of the experience.Would definitely like to hear how your rezoning/variance process goes.

We're back in Austin after spending a miserable year in Houston, and I am looking into going full time as a real estate investor/flipper.

I admit I cried on the way out of that miserable, hot IRS room.We are promised that there will be nothing more that they will need from us.. oh but about 20 minutes after I return home my wife calls me and tells me now they want a settlement statement on a parcel of land I own free and clear.  

Sent out my first mailing to 100 people just to see the response. So far I am "unethical", "dishonest" and a "slumlord". What are some things you've been called just for sending a letter??I can't understand why people...

The last think that you want to be is a miserable landlord.The tenant never needs to know that you are the landlord if you have a property manager.

Headache tenants will make your life miserable.  

Then id like to teach my friends who keep moving the carrot further away and are miserable how to change their life.