Hope things improve moving forward for you and in the grand scheme of things, $2600 loss I would just chalk up to a lessons learned and one you can continue to teach others about in the future.

There is also VinFast, WolfSpeed, the Toyota Battery Plant, ... large pharmaceutical companies, manufacturers, energy producers, and a diverse cross section of other industries who are moving to or expanding within an hour of Raleigh.

I am not sure if this is the right place or not but I wanted some input into any obvious issues with my lease option offers to the tenant buyer that earns plenty of income but doesn't have the cash right now and wants to improve credit before purchasing but would like to lock in the price as our market is still struggling with inventory. 

Residential contractors are called HIC or home improvement contractors in Columbus.

You improve the property considerably then miss a payment... boom... deed recorded and you've been robbed of your equity.

There needs to be some improvements to the forums - the organization is particularly bad, I find.

I found a 10 year loan term with light stream, but was hoping to get something in the 15-20 year range to improve cash flow.Thanks.

Prices seemed to have bottomed out post pandemic though as we’ve had stability in pricing for a while now and are beginning to slowly see improvements again.

Can you improve the property to raise rents? 

We get houses that already have a tenant and we make improvements at that time.