Don't skip the asbestos test.

If your tenant is in the position to buy sooner rather than later, then you may be able to skip to lease option all together and go straight to a title company or lender and they can recommend the other parties that you will need. 

Sometimes I think they are just pinning arbitrary bills on unsuspecting landlords, turning them into illegal liens against the property, and then hoping that we will skip the hassle of litigation and just pay them off at the time of conveyance.I can't believe something as simple as water service can turn into such a huge headache.

It almost seems backwards, but with such low inventory, anyone who DID have options probably just skipped the studio and went up the street for a 1 bedroom unit for $100 more, or to a slightly better area.

On the other hand, if you skip and Houston land moves like 1 year walking baby, fast and settles.

The "get your financial house in order and start from a position of strength" section of RE investing advice gets skipped over by those with a profit motive. 

If I write a 1 year lease and the tenant skips out on me in under 6 months I don't have to pay.

Also unless you have enough income and enough saved that you are confident that you can pay for their college education, I would skip private high school.

It has nationwide MLS access, It provides leads, lets you send out mail automatically, skip trace, extra complicated but rock solid BLUEHAMMER (localized) rehab calculator, Solid Comps in most markets, Good ARV estimator tool, etc....But it does not really manage the flow of interactions like a CRM would, the system is not really built to track notes with multiple conversation points, IMHO.

However, you never want to skip the steps outlined in this article.