Also, "The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Real Estate Investing" is an excellent tool.

I believe one of the absolute best ways to find deals is to network and use the tools that are already at your disposal.

@Michael Morris I'd recommend that you develop tools, books, or some type of download.  

Do you recommend any tools for this such as the BP calculator ?

Get a realtor or lawyer to present the contract and at settlement the lawyer will basically take the check minus the lien (send to the gas company) and the rest goes to the owner --- so if you pay 20k she'll end up with $3000A lien is a legal tool to retrieve money owed to someone so only way it gets removed is to pay it.

It's just the tool that helps owners to protect their investment in a common asset. 

I've been putting out some feelers, and looking around, for both people who will sell via lease option, and who will buy, in my area.So far, I'm getting more people wanting to buy, then sell, and all of them are wanting standard rents of like $500/mo, which I'm just politely replying "Sorry, I have nothing in inventor, but if I get something, I'll notify you."

I love the job just not the hours, travel, politics or satisfaction from completing the job.It could not have been said better, why wait to live your life.Freedom is my why.  

Check under the analyze tab above for tools to help you evaluate the deal.

Then, using a tool I developed (Break-Even Calculator - see here for more information) I created the following table.