The tenant-buyer has time to fix their credit and save more money for a down payment during the option period, then exercises their option - fulfilling their desire for home ownership.

Those other probs have now gone away plus I'm making a lot more dough from my regular work/day job these days.

The resources we had:- a bank (conventional) that lends money up to 35k for 650 credit score- hard money lender with APR 120%- seller/community (who acts like he doesn't want to talk at all)- a real estate mentor that costs $35K to useThe "answer" to this exercise was:Use personal credit to borrow from the bank and spend the $35k on mentor, and then mentor has the "connection" with the community bank to negotiate a deal and brought a 70K property for 40K with FMV of $140K.

are any of these regular tax deed sales?

Of course I was aware there was no curb and gutter at time of purchase and that there was an easement in place, and which hadn't been exercised since year the properties construction in year 1960. 

The rest of the day will be seen as Benchmarking exercises: beaches and good food!

I always go with section 8 tenants if I can over regular paying but dont let the sec 8 gurus tell you that everything is always peachy.

Or just regular buyers? 

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Base an NC tenancy law, after 14 days they are considered a regular tenant.