If you are considering it for an alternative to a 401k there was also mention on one of the podcasts or blog posts of using HSA medical account contributions which can grow tax free for medical expenses later in life when these costs will be higher, downside might be that the companies you have them with might not offer many investment options so the return might not be as good as your options in a standard investment account even taking the taxes into consideration. 

The better oath would have been to ease in to the situation, offering assistance, and slowly becoming and inside, the natural choice as buyer.

On another project that SAME investor may be providing the cash on a note.Weigh your options against your alternatives.  

Not saying they may not be sharp folks, but as Chris pointed out, a concept in its infancy and nature of such funds will most likely have aspects that are not really directly related to institutional underwriting.

I'm not one to get deterred easily but more often than not when you get that sort of response, ones natural reaction is to second guess.  

Man with your skills you should be a natural at doing what you describe.

I had 2 alternatives here:Rent the property for 2 years, at $1,300 with a purchase price of $195k and sublet the property for 1 year, purchase price of $225k and a $2,000 monthly rent.

I've attached a few more as nearby alternatives in VA.

I constantly refer them to bank-owned properties, but am much more intrigued with the nature of the starving investors and home owners who can't move their properties in those types of markets!

I've heard if you can't manage the property yourself, don't buy the property.Would Land Contract or Lease Option be my only alternatives?