@Dave BolducAll three of the firms you mention will be a 3rd party processor. 

@Caleb Heimsoth  Sadly, the father mentioned it in passing when speaking to the lender and they considered it the ommision of a material fact. 

Joe mentioned recently that he's going to be doing a new podcast focused entirely on Lease Options - I think he said he's going to call it "Lease Purchase Wealth" and he's just going to be teaching - no interviews. 

As mentioned in another thread, the tenant is more likely to pay at the beginning of the lease and they'll likely still be living in the unit (and I have leverage to evict for non-payment) at the end.

You mentioned not having a lease ready yet, but do you have your application ready yet?  

@Drew Yee not sure why everyone mentions Atlanta as a cash flow market.

@Adam Fansler I’d raise rent some, see if they want to be the onsite de facto PM type person like mentioned.  

An FHA loan should be more flexible with your debt to income ratio and will allow you the lowest possible down payment on multi family property. (2 - 4 units) If you are still running into a wall after that I would look at either seller financing as mentioned above or find a deal so good that friends and family want in on it.

What is really happening in the market are buyers are offering higher expecting the home not to appraise then expecting the seller to drop the price because as mentioned above buyers don't want to pay above appraisal price.

You can have a low-tax or even tax-free cash flow from renting, and often you can have tax losses that would reduce taxes on your salary.These benefits start getting squeezed out when your income is above $100k, but they still exist.What @Yonah Weiss mentioned is an advanced loophole for people with high income, however you will not be able to use it as long as you have a full-time job.