I'm really not fond of dark grout but as you say, it certainly is one solution.

If you get caught talking to Sollars in person presenting solutions to them, the DRE it's going to consider that acting without a license with lease option flips.Now if you gonna buy on terms like subject to and wraparound mortgages, you don't need a license because you're acting as a principal and then you gonna own it, and nobody can tell you what to do after you own it.But it's advantageous to have a license because you can network with other attorneys and agents, split commissions, offer to list a house along with buying on terms.Lee there are no shortcuts in California, get your license@Dev Horn might want to add something, he is a great saying it we buy houses.com "be a real estate solutions provider for the seller"

Good branding can help and I've seen a few wholesalers do this, but it's not a replacement for a USP when building a solid, sustainable business.I'm not questioning that it's possible to get properties by just being another wholesaler and doing things the way everyone else does...we all know it is.  

At the core of what you are doing is you are creating a sustainable business model that generates income without much of your participation.

The solution was continuing to self manage my best property since I had fixed it up and made it relatively maintenance free.  

He was a leased tenant so this was a perfect solution.

What is the solution?

You could pull more equity that way as long as the business can sustain the rent and it is not overinflated just for qualification purposes 

I've been thinking about this a lot more and managed to come up with a safe plan that I think is very sustainable

(Solution: possibly negotiate long term lease at current Rent location) RISK of buying:  Economic downturn could bankrupt.