But don't be surprised if you get asked for all kinds of hardship documentation and stuff typically required of a living borrower.

I want to make sure that I'm not surprised by any lien or other mortgages.

If you are buying and thinking of using a realtor to write up a Lease Option, I'd be REAL surprised if the realtor knows enough to be of any help. 

I was just a little surprised at the amount of people and was wondering what the average tenant viewing is.

You would be surprised how long something as simple as providing general applicant information will take...Something that I did not do with my first rental property (great lesson learned) is to ask for concrete evidence, e.g., receipts, of the current tenant's previous 3 to 6 months rental payments.  

When tenants move in, we create a "Tenant Information Sheet" where we record tenant contact information, vehicle descriptions, and emergency contact information.

But we maintain some flexibility, for example... for emergency needs we have a system in place for responding 24/7 and for posting legal notices anytime when the U.S.

I walk through with my cell phone on a note app like Evernote and write down everything that I seen that I'm pretty sure was not pre-existing (side note: I always walk around everything twice before discussing anything with the tenant, you'll be surprised how much more you see the second time around). 

It is not surprising that you have not gotten a deal from that. 

I asked him how long it would take to do that in an emergency.