Keep in mind that as he helps investors build their portfolios he is building his own... and he likes the 2/1's too.I took a quick swim and got in some exercise before GG, Engelo's personal assistant picked me up and took me to the office again.

You need to exercise a lot of patience. 

DM me and I will walk you through this 15 minute exercise.

The price was negotiated and we all agreed on a 10 year term, but I could not exercise my Option for the 1st two years unless they fell back into default.

Since this happened before moved in, I don't feel right about exercising that and keeping the security deposit seems appropriate (hoping I can get a tenant in the same timeline).

haven't posted in a long time so please be gentle...my wife and i purchased a piece of land 3 years ago to build on (for ourselves). instead of building, and due to the madness of "covid" times, we ended up buying a house instead.we've been attempting to sell our land for 3 years now and have had 5 contractual offers. 2 of the buyers ducked out during attorney review for valid reasons (the land is near a landfill that's defunct), 2 because "they didn't know building was so expensive" (come on, do your research), and 1 recent offer backed out three days before closing!

Just know that buyers rarely exercise that option. 

Another good exercise might be to look at rentals NOT FOR SALE that you like and estimate what kind deals they are.

Something that has been helpful to some of my clients has been to do a visioning exercise.

You can add language that says, you cannot exercise your Option for the 1st (fill in a timeline) years.