Ensure you have assignable, lawyer review although that should be in the contract, home inspection all these will save you in need of exiting the contract.Do not proceed with waving any conditions ever unless you are confident you can get financing for the deal.Hopefully you’ve already created your buyers list.

Once you have something you're confident in call any lender you can find to see who will give you a shot.

You just need to know your numbers and have the confidence to push the ARV when possible.

If you are able to pull money out and your confident about keeping your rent rate through a downturn, I don't think it's a bad idea to pull money out.

I have confidence in you.You can either get a discount on the property reflected in the Option to Buy, or you can base what the TB pays you on a future inflated value...or a combination of both.  

In the end, I'm not confident this is a deal. 

It sounds like you're looking for reasons not to do this...and you're not confident in what you have doen, and are doing because you are talking about future events as if they are waiting for you down the road...with knives and pitchforks. 

.* Raise the Interest rate* Lower the interest rate and offer him a small equity position* Explain the makeup of your team, so he is confident that you have competent people around    you to take on the responsibility.

Tough decisions come in business and you need to be confident in doing what is in your best interest.

The more you learn, the more confidence you'll have.