You can even sweeten the deal with an upfront lease-option fee that gets credited back to you only upon completion of the purchase.

Throwing in sweeteners just hurts your bottom dollar more than anything.

@Chris Hopper thanks for looking into it. 190k definitely sweetens the deal! 

Money could be my biggest problem but I'm looking into jobs in real estate to help sweeten the deal with more knowledge about something, like a management company and a realtor (c21 since they help you with the license).

That and a fat dep. sweetens the offer. 

That way I get a little income while the property sells and hopefully it sweetens the pot for another investor if they are interested.

We are still working on the remaining terms but I was thinking I could sweeten the pot by saying I would pay them the balance within x amount of years (Perhaps 10 or so??)

Any good investor will be flexible and open to ideas, so I would see if there is enough equity that you could offer them potentially to sweeten the pot to where you have to bring less or no earnest money if the margins allow for it. 

A contingency is a drawback so if there is a lot of competition for multiplexes in your market you will have to sweeten the deal somehow. 

I'm thinking if I can sweeten a loan request with a few grand to put as a down payment, my chances of approval would be higher.