My lease clearly states only 1 pet, AND I'm supposed to be charging pet rent for that one dog but I've waived it up until this point.  

The initial purchase was all cash, and it is rehabbed and now rented with a 3 year lease in place.Based on our partnership agreement, since she brought the deal to the table due to her network, she will get all of her investment capital out first at refinance, and if there remains any invested capital left in the deal, it will be mine. 

And they signed lease, and moved in this April.

Owners have this property with tenants on a lease option.

And each tenant has their own lease, room, deposit, and rent.

Leasing / Property Management business - when equity shrinks and credit dries up people have to rent out houses.

If you move forward with purchasing a rental property this year, I would try and have someone sign a lease that gets you closer to spring expiration (i.e. 18 month lease) so that when the lease expires you'll be positioned at a higher demand time of year.Happy analyzing, and best of luck finding a deal!

Get a real estate lawyer who's familiar with lease options.

We offered $150,000 and the seller said he would take $160,000 but he would need to lease the house back from us for at least a year and we said we couldn't do that.

Solar payments/leases can also be a deterrent to buyers.4.