Ask for the rent roll.

However, it is a C, C- neighborhood, with and unusually low rent roll (and, as I investigate Craigslist, Zillow, and apartments.com, the competition seems to have rents that aren't much higher).

Find a good real estate attorney.When your tenant / buyer exercises their option, the purchase contract should already be pre-filled, so there is little need to have a real estate agent then.

Keep it rolling.  

From crowdfundinsider.com:"The most important restriction is that companies can only raise $1,000,000 in a rolling 12-month period using these new regulations."

I found a house that is in pre-foreclosure with good equity.  

Danger.A few years behind the likes of Demographia, the Economist and the IMF, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) has decided to sound it's first Red Alert.http://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/the-mar...http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cmhc-red-warning-h...and the opinion piece which pre-announced the revelation:http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/...When Polloz is compelled to raise interest rates to follow a rate increase south of the 49th, things will become interesting.

Find and negotiate an equity pack property and the MONEY will come, or just flip and you don't need the money.Money is not the key to real estate success - the key that will unlock the doors to many transactions is the deal, the knowledge to negotiate, the ability to think of 10 ways to write an offer, finding great properties and the ability to negotiate an attractive transaction.Why buy property when you can CONTROL a property and flip it while you are in contract.Selling something you don't own is the highest leverage in the world ----I have been doing Control and Roll for years now and it is the fastest way to make short term cash profits - try it, it works!

Sorry , I have a typo Pre- Foreclosure ;)

I currently have a pre-approval with a lender,  but  their origination fees are expensive.