Ethics is a choice, and if you are in business for being fair to all, you will do the right thing, e.g. extend the lease and extend the option to help the buyer buy it.Or you can have the ethics of a car salesman, ie caveat emptor, let the buyer beware.Your choice.

And the choice is yours!!!

Before you send them out make sure the property mgr sends a notice with the proper lead time so the tenant has no choice but to let them in.

It's in a great middle-income neighborhood in a popular, affluent suburb of Dallas. 

Anyone that tells you they are a mentor or coach within 30 seconds of meeting them probably isn't a good choice.  

It just makes too much sense if you have a choice to go for a 60k listing needing 20k of repairs and possible surprises OR the rehabbed listing for 80k down the street...close, place and automate...done!

He had the audacity, while the other agent was showing me the property, to text me and tell me that, "he made the right choice" because he sold his vehicle. 

In all seriousness, I really respect your choice to "follow your dream" at such an early age instead of taking the path of least resistance and going to work for "The Man" right after college.Thus far, your recipe for success has been to work harder, not "smarter", control costs by doing all of your own labor and buying all of your own materials, living frugally, renting them out as you complete them and then, rinse and repeat.Screw working "smarter."

That means you're likely putting all your contracting eggs in that basket, and if for some reason it doesn't work out with your FIL (too expensive, low quality, too slow, etc), you won't have the experience going out to find contractors and will likely make some bad decisions with respect to future contractors.Think of it this way -- 90% of all contractors aren't going to be good choices for rehabbing/flipping houses. 

Earnest MoneyThe Buyer's earnest money shall be held in escrow by an agent of Buyer's choice. 4.