This was all done within the span of about 3 months.My current W2 job provides me with enough income that I should be able to scrape together enough money for an FHA down payment quickly, I have a FICO of 780+, I’m in a buyer’s market from what I can tell [Topeka, KS].

Buyer / Tenant Falls on Hard Times51 Leading economic forecasters were surveyed and 45 of them said we should expect a recession in either 2020 or 2021.

I also have buyers for you if the deal makes sense 

Recovering the property and removing the tenant / buyer is a much more arduous process than evicting a tenant under normal terms.

In a lease option deal, how does my tenant buyer actually buy, should they want to?

Most rates you see quoted online are for home buyers with excellent credit, putting 20% down on a single family home to live in for themselves. 

I was wondering if i can put it under contract from seller and then flipping the contract ro a end buyer.

As I said before the hard part is finding a property not a buyer.

That's an interesting perspective; local to me I haven't really seen that, but I have seen a lot of buyer's agents insist that they host the appraisal, which we happily accommodate and I prefer.

I like that the market hasn't recovered too far from the GFC but with the aggressive incentives for business and jobs coming to the area, it feels like an area on the cusp of a Stage 2 Buyer's Market.