To Mr John Jackson,,,John you really "hit the nail on the head" and crystalized the issue Ive have tried to clarify and emphasize to my investor colleagues in So Cal,,,,,If you take on any poor soul that can "fog a mirror" for a Lease Option Buyer candidate,,,,you're making a "Fool's Error" and buyin' a ticket on the Titanic,,,,,It blows my mind when guys that are "cheerleaders" for Lease Option /Rent to Own get up and pitch the strategy ,,often times they say 'Honestly 85% of the people that get into a lease option aren't able to- qualify at the end of the option period anyway ,,so we're not really concerned about /who signs on with us/whether we can help them qualify for refinancing or not/whether we should extend their contract/whether they forfeit their Option Consideration money,,,you get the picture,,,,Wouldn't we investors be better off (fortifying our reputations in the first place,,,,) be carefully screening and qualifying LO candidates in the first place?"

thanks, @Crystal Smith.  

@Crystal Smith Account Closed Wow!  

Hi Crystal.  

I'm a step-by-step kind of person...so numbered bullet points would make it crystal clear for me.Thanks gang! 

@Crystal Smith that's exactly what I ended up doing, except without the help of homewyse.com (great site by the way).

Thank you for that REI groups link Crystal Smith. 

I'm a relatively new, small-time investor (a duplex "here", vacant acreage "there") who has lurked and learned here forever without posting...until now.  Target "niche" is small multifamily properties in very particul...

Rumor has it the new homes that are $125 PSF now will be $150 by summer, not my crystal ball-just rumor.

Would love to hear what the cognoscenti have to say about the crystal ball.