Could someone explain where they think the line in the sand here is that transforms this normal lease option into something different?

I know that that if you wanted to work, you are pretty much limited to the tourism industry and stuff like that.

Tim - I have been in the real estate investment industry for 21 years, full time since 2001.

If you are not confident that you will find a buyer for this property and you are worried about loosing an E.M. deposit you have no business signing a written contract agreeing to buy this property.People doing things like this gives the industry a bad name.

Rightfully so because many in the industry are complete idiots or self-serving jackasses.

I was just cold-called by Verizon asking to lease them space at an industrial building I own in the Phoenix, AZ area for a cell tower.

Crowdfunding in real estate is not only working - it is the fastest growing and biggest (by funding) of all the industries using the Crowdfunding Title II exemption 506c.

I get the ethics involved with the realtor industry.  

Join an industry group (local REIA) and ask others how do they price their potential purchases.

Pinellas offers some of the worlds best beaches, and industry with several large publicly traded companies calling it home.The area was the first "suburbs" of Tampa, its a quick drive across the bridge to the airport, the Westshore business district and really down town Tampa.