The “agreement” he sent me is below (identifying details redacted):______________________RESIDENTIAL LEASE and OPTION TO PURCHASE AGREEMENTBUYER/TENANT: XXX Holdings, LLC Date: 2-16-2018SELLER/LANDLORD: XXXPROPERTY ADDRESS: XXXXXXRESIDENTIAL LEASE1) Rent: $2,500 per month2) Lease Term: 36 months, beginning March 16, 2018 and ending March 16, 2021.3) Maintenance: Buyer/Tenant will be responsible for maintenance and repairs ofthe property, not to exceed $500 per incident.4) Sub-Lease: Buyer/Tenant has the right to sub-lease this property with writtenconsent by the Seller / Landlord, and this shall not be unreasonably withheld.OPTION to PURCHASE1) Purchase Price: $ 345,0002) Option Period: 36 months, beginning March 16, 2018 and ending March 16,2021.3) Option Consideration: $100 - All Option Consideration will be credited in fulltoward the purchase of the property.4) Rent Credit: Buyer/Tenant will be credited $ 0 per month toward the purchase.5) Closing Costs: Purchaser will pay all allowable closing costs.6) Expiration: This offer shall expire on March 16, 2021.7) Inspection: This offer is contingent upon physical inspection of property andsubsequent completion of a more formal and signed Residential Lease with Optionto Purchase Agreement.8) Non-Exclusive – This agreement is non-exclusive and can be canceled anytimeby either party.9) Assignable – This Agreement is assignable with written consent by the Seller /Landlord, and this shall not be unreasonably withheld.X_____________________________ X ________________________________Seller/Landlord Date Buyer/Tenant Date_________________I have a few questions: Is this legit?

If your taxes aren't too complex, their fee won't be unreasonable.

@Allen LemayIt takes a huge amount of work looking for deals, analyzing them and making sure that the numbers make sense.And it is fair that whoever finds the deal and bring it to the table gets compensated.5 to 10% is not unreasonable.

The most recent unreasonable request was to replace a sidewalk that had passed inspection just a few years prior - newly hired inspector has to show he can flex his muscle I guess.

.- based on what I feel was an unreasonable counter I'm not sure how to frame my response to the tenants.My questions for the BP community:- Could I be missing something causing real health issues?

If you're reading this and saying it's a terrible idea or completely unreasonable or unrealistic, please let me know why :) If you've done this before, please tell me about your experience!

But I'd treat them like legitimate buyers with an unreasonable request rather than likely international fugitives hiding their bounty (not that you are, but honestly could be either!)

The tenant attorney and tenant rep broker of course will try to do the opposite of what the landlord wants in ultimate guaranty security of lease, annual rental increases, and long term primary lease term.If you left it up to a tenant they would try 3 year primary lease, blocked rent increases so not annual, sales clause if not at certain level they can terminate or reduce rent, co-tenant anchor clauses, crazy broad restrictive uses for other units in the center, no personal guarantee, no disclosure of personal or business financials per the lease, set up a single entity remote LLC so they can bankrupt it for one location if things go bad, put a ROFR clause in the lease, incapacity clause where if tenant gets sick or hurt they can cancel lease, construction road widening clause where tenant can pay reduced rent while access is reduced to the center, unreasonable CAM cap clauses, etc.I can go on and on with the crap I have seen in leases for my clients buying retail centers where I am the broker.

This means I never see passive multi-family buildings, so I'm unsure of their specific requirements. that said, 50% occupancy is awful and lending on that would seem difficult to say the least. if your building is one of 23 it seems unreasonable for you to bear the burden of a total vacancy rate.

I work with Redlands planning quite often and it tend to get more difficult every time due to bureaucratic BS.   2)  If there is no lender, splitting the lot is relatively easy although it will take a little bit of time and money but nothing unreasonable.