Is this a smart idea?  

@Steve A.Its smart in North Carolina to do a lease purchase over a lease-option as the laws protect tenant  buyers if they bring you to court for failure to payment of rentA lease purchase is like a delayed sale and purchase agreement with the rights to occupyIf tenant purchaser fails to get a mortgage as per the agreement they're out their earnest money

That isn't meant to say you are somehow "not smart".  

Ouch.Thanks for sharing your lead pipelines.What about the other smart investors out there?

For example,  Posting a property for rent: use postlets.com and cragslist ( include account information here for each website, I keep all passwords in KeepPassX ) Location on your computer/storage device of the template for the add.

I believe in taking advantage of any method available to make smart investments and this is one way to get started so go for it!

If you're not putting any work into these properties A is superior to B because you pay more for a loan to refi out than simply getting a conventional loan in the first place.The reason people usually pick B over A is because the refi out is dependent on the ARV, which means you can theoretically pull out more cash than you put into the property in the first place if you buy smart and create equity.

Might be a way to get in and check the detectors to make sure they are properly working, or have a judge order him to let you in to check the life safety devices within the building. 

My thinking is that with my own license I will have access to more information in making smart purchase decisions. 

Eventually I learned to hold onto my money, and today I am truly giving thought to my future in the measure of years instead of weeks.Well, after deciding to work full-time, I was at least smart enough to know that full-time burgerflipping wasn't what I needed to do.