There is nothing crazy about buying a $200k home for $175k(no agents) and selling it for 225k on a lease option and collecting on the spread by Option consideration, cash flow(not needed), and cash out when the end buyer exercises his/her option.

There is an innate creativity in all of us that is exercised in various ways.

I wanted to prioritize (even though it’s a small sample) just for the exercise.

. * pay for incidentals from company funds, anything "ordinary and necessary" (this says if you made $1000 but had $250 of expenses, Uncle Sam only taxes you on $750 profit) * reimburse driving mileage (you can't go overboard and call your call a business vehicle until you've reached a large threshold of usage) * you can use your company's funds to pay your continued educational expenses BEFORE tax (there's a max $, check your state for differences in the law) * fund your IRA (check your state's laws, also) * elect when your tax year begins (if you choose to be taxed as a corporation; this loses other benefits; you'll also need a 2nd owner just to exercise this option)Anyone who dismisses and bemoans an LLC as just a pass-through entity has never stopped to understand its benefits.

It isn't really any different than what would happen in a LO arrangement when the tenant exercised their option and purchased.

Matt, I'm unclear on why highter interest rates, or for that matter, using land trusts, will cause lenders to exercise their due on sale clause more.

I'm likely going to close on a single-family in January, so my goal for 2014 is to buy at least 1 additional property.More importantly, since I've gotten 10 rental properties, I'd like to start taking more time for myself -- more exercise, more fun with friends, etc.

I understand sales process exercises like scripting, overcoming objections, take-aways, and all of that.  

As a wholesaler myself, I think I would rather go with "Cash For Houses" approach. for me I am up front with my intentions and if I choose to buy then I already have that in the contract so I exercise that option.

Any actual experience or case law that you can share where a lender was prevented from exercising DOS because they had been notified of the sale/transfer and then accepted payments from a different party from than the borrower?