We have acquired properties through straight sale using cash, financing as well as hard money, we also have taken over payments, had properties owner financed to us or even subject to existing finance.

Look for cracks or unleveled streets (2) History: Has there been any flooding/earthquakes/blasting near this area that could have affected the foundation (3) Soil Sloping (4) Pooling of water (or signs of it on the ground from looking at the dirt) / poor drainageHouse: (1) Gaps at the corner of fascia trim (2) Diagonal cracks in the wall at corners of doors and windows (3) Cracks in the exposed grade beam of the house (4) Cracks in bricks and mortar (5) Look for bulging of any walls (6) Gaps between the garage door and the pavement at either side of the garage door Interior indications of foundation problems Windows & Doors: (1) Will not open or close properly.(2) Look at bottom of door/window to see if it is parallel with the door frame (3) Door frame cracks in corners (4) Sheet rock cracks in corners (5) Latches won’t secure in place (6) When doors are installed, typically they open and close effortlessly and the latch has no problem finding its home.Floors: (1) Unleveled (2) CracksConcrete slab: (1) Cracks (if slab is visible)Walls/Ceiling: (1) Cracks, look in corners (2) Horizontal and vertical lines, and eyeball to see if they are straight (3) Look on walls for painter’s tape and drywall compound, to see if they are covering cracks.

@Johnathan AndersonWelcome.....Go straight to the podcasts my friend.- Jordan

So here is my question, keep and mind i like everything straight forward and all my bases covered.

I am curious as to the pros & cons of the different strategies (Rent to Own, Lease Purchase, Lease Option, straight Owner Finance)?

@Paul Nguyen If you have the money you might consider going straight to rental real estate vs wholesaling first.

Call your local metro housing authority to get a response straight from the source: https://www.rochesterhousing.org/And ask them about VASH...a much better program than section 8. 

Straight lending in IA.  

I suspect this dude makes a good portion of his money out of release fee's.. but there has to be an end date  i would suspect other wise the person doing this would have some major liability.. if someone ever did that to me I would sue their butt straight away.. but then again most wholesalers would never get into contract with me in the first place as I would vette them out and when they could not proof up I would not accept their offer.

Make her show her work though just like the appraiser since if she is shifty she may try to manipulate the value as a ploy to get you to list it with her ... either by understating it's market value and sayibg she could sell it for much more or going straight for an over inflated value if that she could sell it for you for, only to ask for a price reduction after it doesn't sell at that price.