Knowledge is power!

@Doug Pretorius I totally agree with you however I would hypothesize that there are some powerful persuasive dynamics that are present when negotiating an offer to purchase that are lacking in an option to purchase. 

Well they  are recorded at the county.. most large counties will have some techy guy that sells a list.one of the west coast power houses in this arena is getting ready to go nationwide and when that happens you will have it all on your phone.. 

I really saw the power of real estate when she sold a mobile home on 2 acres in SC for ~$100,000 profit.

I am still a fairly new investor and am still working on building my power team. 

This gives them power to have their own business, right?

Use your experience and take an analytical approach in discussing the high personal risk over what you believe to be the potential of only small margins.  

Crazy to me that the government had the power to tell you who you can and can't invest money with.

If it were me I'd stay on the safe side, you don't want to have to do this again in a couple years when your tenants power consumption increases.

Calling on the collective brain power of the BP community.