Ideally, I should have put in the term Orlando somewhere in the title or the post.

The appeal of a lease option, is ideally selling it to the first tenant so that I don't have to worry as much about them moving out and having to touch up paint, clean or replace carpet etc as well as market it vacant vs cash flowing.Is this actually a bad idea?  

Ideally you'd be able to find an ugly, but not beat up, place in an up and coming neighborhood.  

A copy of the deed shall constitute reasonable proof as to the identity of the successor in interest to the trustor (CC §2943(e)(3)).

Picket fence would be ideal with some colorful flowers.  

I only accept credit card or E-Check payment that I have set up to go through automatically in my Quickbooks merchant account.

Yes, this is a situation in which the IRS would require you to report your rental income and expenses on Schedule E.  

I'm at Stonebrook which is at about 6400 S and 2000 E.

I think your idealization is likely unconnected to reality. 

I understand you can ask the title company to run a preliminary title search but I'd ideally like a way to efficiently scan the marketplace and sort out those properties with no current mortgage.