There's loan programs that exist that provide the rehab capital needed to fix up the house but access to those funds are at an "after the fact" discretion. 

Although I will continue to research on it and follow the accounts provided in this thread.

Also, there are a variety of strategies under the lease option umbrella, and this diversity gives you a greater chance of providing the seller with what they need to do the deal.

GREAT IDEA (Sarcasm)As Gabe pointed out, with some saving discipline that positive cash flow can provide down payment when we get a softer market.

Providence maybe?

You'll provide Chinese Hand Fans to the tenants at signing? 

an example might be a 3 story brick building that could be replaced with a 3 story frame construction building at a lower building cost but still provide the same function.You should be revising the values based on the way your policy is written above. 

I can see that Lizz has included a leasing fee in the property analysis docs she provided, which I assume reflects the lease only service you mention.

I also can provide context of what characteristics each area has.

However, it seems to simply attempt to provide the revenue side of the equation.