@Dan Heuschele, I found the explanation of your thought process to be very helpful.

First time investing, and I am eternally grateful for having people I really trust to walk me through the process...learned alot about property taxes, management, insurance, leverage, etc.

The wholesaler which is also a realtor stipulated that he is in the process of having the fines reduced by the county prior to closing and having the buyer pay those costs (lien) at closing.

If you want to know how the process works, call Eastside Funding or Veristone in Washington state.

I'd be glad to connect you with a lender or any other real estate professional in the Atlanta area needed to make this process a smooth as possible.

Getting all the terms worked out is a long and potentially stressful process.

In the next year or two, I believe I'll be ready to commit to the process and start my real-estate endeavor.

How do I doped the process up?

My wife is a Realtor in the Cleveland area, and we are both open books, so questions that people forget about after their 8th deal are still very fresh to us, seeing as we are in the middle of the whole process.

The list isn't important anyway.B - The process you are following, doing what I am assuming is a Sandwich Lease Option is as follows:   1 - Gain control of the property by signing a lease agreement, and an Option agreement (they are 2 separate agreements, and should NEVER be a single agreement...and never include references from one to the other) in the name of an LLC (you).   2 - Sub lease to the tenant (buyer).   3 - Sell an Option on your LLC to the Tenant/Buyer.   4 - When the Tenant/Buyer exercises their Option, they are buying the LLC.   5 - The Tenant/Buyer now owns the LLC, and all its assets...which include the Option to buy the property.   6 - In the end, the Seller never changes, and the buyer never changes.