I emailed the poster to try and work out a "deal" to meet him at the property to give him a "deposit" then have him nabbed by the Sheriffs office.

If so, does your employer offer to match your retirement fund contributions?  

Today was a great day, I got my first deposit from my first rental unit.  

Other things to check include: was the notice of sale properly published, are there any federal tax liens, are there any liens which survive the foreclosure(in my county people borrow money from the utility company to put in a heat pump and they put a lien on your house, those liens survive the foreclosure), did they file a substitute trustee, did all parties sign the previous warranty deed, does the legal description of property match the address, are there any survey issues.

You want to make sure that your investing matches your lifestyle.  

She has approx. 20-30k cash she could use as a deposit up front and was approved for a loan around 250k.

Hi I'm in Georgia and need to know that after closing a deal where you buy sub 2 then sell with lease option, do I set up an escrow account for the tenant to deposit monthly rents too and what sort of statement would the tenant get that shows what they paid and the payment being deducted and balance on the loan after payment?

Can I can legally asked the tenant to move and agree to give his entire deposit and perhaps some additional cash?

For that reason, I would recommend requiring a two-month deposit or first/last/deposit as additional protection against them skipping town without paying their last month of rent.

That may be heresy in today's market but I still stick by it.Trying to think of other ideas, I'm not sure if this is an on-market property or not, but especially if it's not, there could be the possibility of paying the seller for an option to buy the property at a certain price within the next year, and letting the seller continue owning it through the winter, then you exercise your option and purchase it in the spring once the ground has thawed out.That's a much easier concept to pitch to the owner if they don't have a real estate agent who's basically just motivated to sell it and get their commission ASAP, but if they've had a few deals fall through because of the failed septic then even if there's an agent, maybe they'd be open to it.Alternatively, and maybe simpler than an option, would be just putting down a decent-sized earnest money deposit and having a closing date in the spring - basically an unusually long period for the closing.