Referral fees are usually only paid by the party that receives the money...not the one that pays it.My fear is that you have been getting bad info on how a lease option and/or a Sandwich Lease Option works.

A property needing significant renovations is not a very good candidate for a sandwich lease option - where do the funds to renovate come from?

Yesterday a Out of State investor had me go check their flip out and it was beautifully done but was sandwiched in between two vacant homes that had fire damage.

However, if your idea of a business is a vape shop, sandwich shop, barber shop, etc, go to college.I do agree that degrees are not what they use to be, however, 20 years ago you did not need a degree to become a supervisor, now many companies do want you to have a degree. 

I am positive I want to start with Sandwich Lease Options to build capital to put into my first rentals (BRRRR method I'll see you soon)I understand how SLO work, as well as paperwork, legal liabilities, ect.

Or can you get in the middle of a sandwich lease?

all your doing is investing in a widget that is going to throw off cash flow.. you can buy a sub way sandwich store run those and do better than rentals in most instance on COC returns.. or any other number of small business's given the amount of debt you take on to create the cash flow.

Everyone involved knows this, or at least should know this, and I have to assume they are OK with the possibility since they are signing the agreement.Your concerns about being stuck in a long term sandwich lease in a declining market, while understandable, shouldn't be much of a concern. 

Okay so I’ve got deals I come by that I could sandwich lease that are in great condition that are not wholesale deals but would be fantastic lease options deals I have all the contracts needed for it I somewhat know the process but need help getting through the first one.

You shouldn't be doing any rehab if you're doing a LO.Second, are you doing a "one way" LO, or a "sandwich" LO?