I probably getting overly excited but I figure this could be a good exercise for practice.It's a SFH, one story 2BR/1Bath, build in the 50s on one acre of land in the DC metro area.

Hey @Orion Walker great thread you have going here and excellent exercise if nothing else.

Let's say the T/B exercises the option to purchase after 12 months, can I pocket that $3K in the beginning of the lease agreement and then the remaining $97K is financed?

For now, this is an exercise for me to learn how to evaluate these larger properties and learning the more in depth steps.Here's the pro forma: (BP won't allow any HTML Tables so this is ugly, first # is soft, second is monthly rents, and third # is the rent/sqftAutomobile Repair9400 -- 3000 -- 0.32Church14300-- 2000 -- 0.14Jerky25600 --- 3500 -- 0.14Restaurant3127 -- 1750 -- 0.56Listed as Rented buy Google says is Vacant2400 --- 0 -- 0Rock Climbing Venue2000 -- 1200 -- 0.6Smog Shop2600 -- 1500 -- 0.58Gym7000 -- 1300 -- 0.19Vacant11000 -- 0Totals:77427142500.21Calculations:Listed Price$1,710,000.00Listed NOI$171,000.00Listed Cap Rate10.00%DP 30.00% = $513,000.00Financed$1,197,000.00Debt Service @5.5%$95,760.00 (15yr Amortized 30)Cash Flow$75,240.00COC14.67%Debt Service @3.5%$83,790.00 (15yr Amortized 30)Cash Flow$87,210.00COC17.00%A couple things to note:1 - There's a wide swath of Tenant Classes 2 - I am aware of the environmental concerns of the Smog & Automobile businesses. they are on the back side of the property away from the retail in a separate set of steel warehouse buildings.Tagging @J Martin -because he wanted to stay in the loop on this.

Many times the person leasing do not exercise their option and end up leaving.  

If the seller also has a termination point, I can't complain about if he/she exercises that right.

You also can't give an option beyond the term of your purchase agreement. " Do you mean to say that if I do a CFD, and then hand out a lease option to a tenant buyer, I must first fufil my CFD contract before the lease-option cean be exercised by the tenant buyer?

You are best to have an option contract  which gives the buyer the right to purchase at an agreed upon strike price (or an agreed upon mechanism for setting the strike price at the time of exercise) and a separate lease agreement (using the standard form of lease in many Provinces) at market rent.   

Detroit Metro taxes are fairly high (hire a tax appeals firm to lower them), insurance is higher than average in most places (call 10+ insurance providers to get quotes b/c the results vary quite a bit), and as you'll find through the forums, you must exercise extreme caution hiring property managers, contractors, etc (read many posts of investors getting ripped off).If done correctly, you can do very well.

Exercise is the best medicine.