Reason being, if you read enough you'll notice that they have conflicting and often opposing viewpoints when comparing the books/authors with each other.This sort of doesn't give you a chance to formulate and emulate one position and subsequently test it.

There is always the possibility that the property can be seized by the authorities and will be auctioned off by them because of the drug connection.

There has been a "movement" trying to rename the "2% rule" to the "2% test" as it's not really a "rule" per se but more like a test to determine if a property meets a certain criteria.In any case, yes the test can be passed in certain areas of the country (not all as you can see from CA). 

I want to propose a theory... an idea.. that I will test with my agent on my next buy and hold deal that will cause my agents incentives to truly align with my own.

They are really all the same and are very straight forward (open book tests).

That one step being them finally allocating me my number after passing the test back at the beginning of April.

(Just to test the waters), Owner called me immediately, we talked for less than 10 minutes, and even though they are not motivated to sale their house any time soon, him and his wife agreed to do the LOA.

That eliminates the whole old school notary thing, and it has been tested in court.Just grab a copy of the TREC contract for land.  

Don't be afraid to try it, and if your comps are not doing it yet, you can always test the market with a flat fee added to your lease charge and see how far you can push it.  

For intuit  I tried to do a test payment but I learned that you can't do one from and to the same computer regardless of the account being different that was a significant delay.