I would bet 1000 cases of Lone Star longnecks that John Jackson knows the lease option laws and regs (executable contracts) from the idiot RE legislators in Austin TX better than any man alive or dead.Any BP poster care to wager?

According to the preliminary numbers, it is at about a 14% CAP.

It takes me no more than 5 minutes for me to do preliminary screen by phone and up to 30 minutes for the full interview, which I only do with those who pass the first 8 screening questions.

You don’t know-your VA might work with a cat in her lap.6.To compute your pay offer, double the time YOU would take (or at least time and one-half.) 7.I use an average of $4/hour, as prevailing wage rate.

If so, you can call their customer service line to ask your questions about title.Maybe you can get a preliminary title report, which would be even better.Without more information, the explanation that makes the most sense to me is that the owner bought a junior foreclosing lien in 2007.

Personally, once you get the deed, I would ask a title company to record it for you and ask them to open title and do a preliminary title report.

I would wager that many folks have no idea how successful they actually are (or aren't) because they aren't tracking vital data.

@Jeremy Brown  good points.. but real estate is so regional.. like in your region  Sacramento Placer county etc.. the agent upon opening escrow would have gotten a preliminary title report back from teh title company within 3 to 5 days.. once that is received it would clearly state at the bottom of the report if anyone other than the title owner had an interest they would need to proof themselves up and sign. so in other parts of the country ( and I find this particularly frustrating) especially attorney closing states.. they will not pull title until way deep into the transactions. ( reason they have to pay an abstractor up front to pull title ) and if the deal fails they don't want to be on the hook for the abstractor fee so you don't find out that you have an issue with title many times very close to closing date and this leads to massive frustrations on the buyers side.. ( at least it has for me in these instances. )But your correct the listing agent probably should have or did know that the seller was married and should have gone down those thought process's.. usually your in the home during the listing signup but i know now with docusign this may not be the case as much as it used to be.. as RE is moving away from much of the belly to belly aspects we enjoyed in the olden days 

From my preliminary research, I have found that condos' HOA fees work against their resale and price appreciation so I have my reservations to make a purchase right away.

You will have to learn to read the preliminary title policy and specify each lien that gets paid off when your loan closes.