The environment now with higher interest rates and higher purchase price does make it more difficult but definitely doable. 

Purchase price: $920,000 Cash invested: $150,000 Sale price: $1,470,000 Retail Office Space Fix n Flip What made you interested in investing in this type of deal?

Purchase price: $925,000 Cash invested: $75,000 Sale price: $1,190,000 Bought and styled and managed a luxury Airbnb in Scottsdale.

Looking forward to seeing your progress and hearing about your first deal.

Purchase price: $88,000 Cash invested: $25,000 Sale price: $179,900 I got this deal from an agent who was initially going to list it publicly but thought of me first.

This is because RE prices reflect a lot of parameters including anticipated rent growth. 

Looking forward to connecting and learning from this community! 

.🔹 Profit Multiple Ways – You can rent the property for cash flow, sell the option at a profit, or buy it later at a pre-agreed price (often below market value).🔹 Great for Sellers & Investors – Motivated sellers can turn a vacant or hard-to-sell property into income while investors secure future deals without a huge upfront commitment.🔹 Ideal in Any Market – Whether home prices are rising or falling, lease options allow you to lock in today’s price while benefiting from future appreciation.Other creative strategies—like seller financing, subject-to deals, and the BRRRR method—can also open doors, but lease options remain one of the most powerful, low-risk, minimal cash out-of-pocket ways to build a portfolio.

In the unfortunate event someone passes away and the property transfers via probate or a will, that fair market price gets "stepped up" so no taxes are paid.I would check with a CPA, but this is my understanding.

Whether it makes to sell the rental or keep it depends on your answers to these questions. the property is producing around $855 after property management fee, I have the same tenant for almost 3 years That's a little over $10k/year in cash flow, which is very strong yield for the price.