Treat it like a lease with the option to buy with a non refundable down payment.Keep thinking creatively and shop your market every day looking for deals.

Selling is good option.

Not worthed the risk.you could get 7 to 8 percent from interval fund that’s liquid, such as NIcHx.also since options etf exists like TSLY or CONY I stopped looking at real estate with less than 10 percent. 

I see there is also an option for business deposit accounts.

Initially I wasn't really keen in renting to a family with dogs but since I do not have an option, I am thinking to proceed.

I like to do Options with smaller dollars to get high yields with low risk.Example.

I'm open to properties without septic as compost toilets are an option.  

The monthly payment on our new house would be much lower than if we chose option 2. 

A few years ago I bought 100+ acres just outside of Montpelier, VT (5 minutes from downtown). At the time, I had no kids and had just sold a couple of my first self-done flips in the southwest, and was really ambitiou...

Some things you may want to consider, it is generally a good idea to have a separate lease agreement from the purchase option.