A Lease Option/Purchase is the "Promise" that you can buy it at some future date if you can get financing etc etcIf your income is sufficient, do a Subject To instead.

As promised here is a link to that thread:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/48/topics/158...Enjoy.  

I'm just starting out in the real estate wholesaling scene and I've seen some properties in my searches that have some promise, at least to my inexperienced eye.

The problem comes in with the investor promising one thing and then manipulating or doing another (bait and switch).

I promised I would never manage a property myself again. 

Smart contractors will agree to completion times, but really add in some time cushion (under promise and over deliver).  

To get her on board more, I promised her years ago that’d we’d be “retired” by 50.

I'd start the eviction process and even if they promise not to do it again, you have a standard that this tenant has set that he doesn't listen to your notices and the damage has been done.

Charlotte, Raleigh, and Wilmington are good markets with promising economic bases.

I would accept a smaller fee paid upfront rather than the promise of a large fee at closing, especially with a buyer I have not worked with before.