To me speculating is gambling dressed up in a nice suit.  

I would NOT gamble on your feelings @Kyle Bethune. 

Every-time that you place a tenant you are taking a chance, gambling that they are level headed people. 

There is a group out there that track gambling, hookers, and booze sales.

Send me a private message, so that I'm not spamming this thread, and I'll contact you some time next week, as I'm currently on vacation.

Did you check your spam folder?

I know the seller may think their 1 year lease option on their home will sell, but you don't know how qualified that buyer was, or how that deal was structured - and no matter how well you qualify (you can even make them sign a blood oath and give you their first born child as collateral), you're still looking at a 50-70% likelihood that the other buyer will actually buy their home - I don't like gambling on a 20-50% chance that I'll lose. 

(I'm trying to avoid posting links, don't want BP to think I'm spamming)6.  

Dipers.com CEO calculated the wholesale price of dipers from proctor and gamble + the shipping costs (Amazon free shipping) and determined that over the next quarter Amazon would lose $100MM on dipers alone.

Email tends to have a very low response rate anyway because there's so much spam out there.