Leaning to screen and manage tenants is another key skill to having a decent stress free live as a landlord. 

It's just two different ways to do it based on your budget & amount of time / skill you want to put into it.

The art of real estate itself isn't a passion. 

@Jeff Koehler put an ad on craigslist, or learn a simple skill that a flipper would find handy. 

@Mike S. you'll certainly learn a fair amount about the process as an LP, but if you really want to get involved in the day to day you'll likely need to find a Sponsor who is willing to let you get in on the GP side in return for some specific skill(s) you bring to the table (deal sourcing, underwriting, capital raising, bookkeeping, etc.).

I am skilled in Europe, but the US has different laws, etc. which I like.If you will be at any meetup soon, I like to meet you, or on any other day as well.Thanks!

They are seasoned and experienced and they started out taking wayyyyyy to long to get their deals too but over time, they mastered the art and are doing it now in a fraction of the time it took them when they first started.

Finding a good rental property is the skill--not finding the lease option option.

It's a complex and multifaceted art/science that has to be considered as a whole that took me almost 2 years to learn it from Harvard ( not a snobbish name drop, just a fact.)

Those skills are not learned overnight or by taking a RE course.