If you want to credit them something, in the contract you both enter into when they want to exercise their option and purchase, you may opt to give them the amount of the option payment as a credit towards the purchase price. 

They enter the property on an almost weekly basis, and as recently as this past weekend. 

Before entering into this deal ask someone (loopnet,apartment investors) from that area how long it takes to close a 20 unit.

A picture of what's possible will begin to formulate and you'll see your window of opportunity to enter the market. 

If you want to get an idea of how these structures can protect you from liability be sure to check out this article.I encourage all people entering a partnership to sit down with an experienced attorney to have them draw up a good operating agreement which lays out a strategy for the property.

You can even get as deep as entering your zip code, and they'll tell you what houses have sold, and at what prices.

When we originally entered this home my GF walked through the kitchen, with walls covered in spattered food (he heated cans of food on the stove) & threw up in the back yard.

I am running a lead form ad (solicit people who see the ad to enter their name, property address, and phone number or email), so sort of like a digital postcard.

However social security looks at your highest, inflation adjusted 35, yes, 35 YEARS of salary.He can go on the social security webpage and enter his old salaries by year (the website even will give you your old salaries) and one can see the if you play with the data and even add nothing for  a few years in the future, it really does not matter much in the benefits. 

He is a very busy person (during one of our discussions, his phone was exploding as he was dealing with offers from investors on a wholesale deal he was assigning - great to eavesdrop on that conversation), and he would love to enter into a new market - just very little time to do it.