At least I can provide actual numbers through Google Analytics to show how my investment in marketing is providing me with leads that convert to deals.

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.

If you have an AI from the contractor, you get to be insured under their policy, and not your own.

Borrowing power is poor with no income, so I dont want to use all my cash to pay down debt.

@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. 

However, to get more granular detail you will have to get a service like Costar or Real Capital Analytics.