CA is so different, so many ppl with tons of cash wired from oversea, and they buy houses like shop in farmer's market =P

It is so badly designed that it's distracting.

I think you will be equally pleased. 2013 is so much better than 1999 ;)

I would definitely make a trip like that again, there is so much to learn from meetings such as that.

Sometimes they are siply full of crap.However, in today's market, it is so competitive, it is usually true that there are multiple offers.

He won't put a lockbox on vacant homes that he sells because he is so tired of agents and their shenanigans.

The listing also says I need to sign a hold harmless agreement, im assuming this is so the bank can free itself of any liability of the know code violations.

Here is what I think I know a Lease Option is so far; looking for advice on what I have wrong, if not the entire thing:Say a man is selling a $165,000 home for the mortgage balance of $150,000 to avoid foreclosure.

Welcome to BP @Arun BalakrishnanI very much agree with @Jeff Greenberg that Houston is strong, it's my place to REI, and there is so much opportunity, I have two strong Single Famil rentals....and just got a new tenant in....after a short advertising stint thru Craigs list...I got over a hundred calls...and at least half were very well qualified with job transfers from out of state...if I had a hundred rentals ready to go I could place a hundred new tenants in no time.....which would be really sweeeeet cash flow....and the buy fix and flip I'm doing is just as hot.....well hotter....I started all this with 100 k a year ago with good mentors and a highly qualified rehabber and it is working very well....many times along the way I would have been sunk had I not bit the bullet just a little with a great rehabber....his fees are well in line with our REI...because he does the same thing for himself also.....pm me @Arun Balakrishnan if you want to explore the SF in Houston with my guys and I....

There times when this number is so ridiculously outlandish - it's laughable, so be very careful.