He claims if you can't take the 10 minutes to do this exercise, how can you possibly commit yourself to the hard work needed to succeed?

Raising capital is already a time-consuming, challenging, and risky enough exercise.

If you get over that large hurdle then a lease option can work if you actually save for the purchase and you do not get unlucky to hit a depreciation cycle.Both people I have known that have had lease options chose not to exercise them because of a depreciation cycle.  

Considerations are how much for the option to purchase/ (the right to purchase at a specific price in the future) Ideally for you the answer is zero.How long to exercise the option?

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In her book she said if a investor put a deed in a land trust to cover up the due on sale clause, this action could be consider a mortgage fraud; because if a court rules that the intent was to keep the bank from exercising its legitimate rights by hiding an important fact (deed transfer), I can be accuse of mortgage fraud.

None of this is a done deal, but it has potential to be a rare opportunity for RE investors that exercise diligence and intelligence.

In a Lease Option the Title does not change hands until the Option is exercised. 

As an exercise, I would be curious to see what other MSAs and counties have seen increases or decreases, along with their tier designation.

This ends up being the same thing financially in the end for the buyer if they end up exercising their option to buy.As the seller, this ends up netting out the same as rent credits...if the buyer exercises their option.Now, if the buyer doesn't exercise their option, the seller gets full income from the full rent each month.