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I would recommend focusing on the primary strategy, saving the rest for second and third bites at the apple once the relationship is established.

I bought and read every book I could get my hands on at Barnes and Noble when I started.

I have used an Option as a sort of last bite at the apple before, but I was still shooting for a cash or hard money sale.

Apple or Google would have been some of the best investments to make over the last decade or two...

Take that exact house and put it in Cupertino near the Apple campus and it’ll sell for $3.5+.

Do an apples to apples comparison, and then do what "feels" right...lol Ben,I know you are yanking my chain ... or do I need to break out the crayons ;-)That's me .... discount everything into the future - money earned and money spent next year is less valuable to me than money today. 

Gurus are not mentors.There's hundreds of forum posts about most of the gurus, just search their name above.I understand your rational, but just reading post from months to years ago doesn't make this much of a "live/active" community website, but more of a archive/book (I can go to Barnes and Noble to buy a book).

Yes Brian is comparing apples to oranges in terms of the interest.

@David HubertThat's like comparing apples to oranges.