I'm glad to hear there's some healthy lease option interest--with lending like it is and so many people out there who have lost their homes, I wouldn't be surprised if it's the next big thing.Originally posted by "amaris":Hi Doc,Welcome to the board.I'm in LA too and looking for some investments.AllenHey Allen!

I would say that you need a healthy margin for any potential liquidity needs for your investors if you are banking on this.

Changed our family diet completely to healthy foods(this was TOUGH)10.

A good healthy debate and contrast among markets.

Jon, what would you say is a healthy level (%} of home ownership in the US?

The private sector isn't healthy enough to stand on its own just yet.

Many college student receive them in the form of scholarships geared toward students in particular groups or in certain fields of study.In insurance, the healthy subsidize the unhealthy.In banking, the low risk bank subsidize the high risk banks (all banks pay the same rate for deposit insurance.With TARP, taxpayers subsidized the past risky loan portfolio of the recipient banks.

From what I can tell there is a healthy amount of buying activity, foreclosure rate seems to be slowing a bit as well.

Even better, is to do this now (while the expansion is fairly healthy) and also reducing exposure over the next year or two. 

My unleveraged basis is less than $20k/home, so the cash-flow is healthy.