I do agree that there are costs involved with running a business, but there are multiple reasons to place the property into a Land Trust rather than directly into the [Series] LLC.

Hi Tom, I agree with Casey here.

@Jim Goebel I agree, it definitely takes away from the privacies of the consumers.

There is the base rent, which may include the utilities, plus the pile of expenses that may help the tenant have success in their business - like new carpet that the LL might pay for in the beginning and the tenant agrees to pay back over the life of lease, by a wee bit more rent every month.Sorry, your link is behind a pay wall, I cannot read the data.

Further, as I testified during the senate committee hearing downtown, I agree that housing should be a right.

I agree. 

Agree with @Adam Shelley - don't refund the app fee. 

He told me that he promises to sell it to me for our agreed price once he clears out his items. lease with option to buy only last so long in Texas so not an optionSo what other options do I have that will hold up in a legal setting?

So ultimately it comes down to what the buyer and seller are comfortable with and can agree on.  

If you took out a 20 yr mortgage on 145,000 and paid 900 a month, that would work out to be 4.3% I think most people would agree is a great rate to get money at.