I have pad locked outside electrical shutoffs before...

Getting the deals is the hardest part, once you have one locked up the buyers and lease option folks will flock to you regardless of the name.

. :)I also have a clause about them not changing the locks without my written permission.

They painted over cigerette butts by the old lock...counter tops in the kitchen have chips, nickle size, and knife marks all over the tops of them.

I'll address Texas later after I am done driving.You can drive and do BP on a mobile device?

If you are locked into a year lease you generally go month-to-month after that.

if i give a tenant notice, i'm going in..i've had a tenant change locks on me, and i called the locksmith...i'm not resecheduling my day or week because they're being a bratty tenant...sounds like you have a good relationship, but if it was a good relationship, the tenant would let you go in, in my opinion...maybe i'm stubborn..don't mean to sound like i'm on a power trip, but i dictate what goes down in my apartments (to the extent that the law allows :wink: )

You have to know what you are buying and what the expected returns will be.Usually in my state people pay at the eleventh hour.So many properties do not get foreclosed on you just make the interest which isn't bad.The question is do you want to lock up all that money for a year or longer for say a 15% return??

And by the way, like every other newbie here lease options is my preferred way of investing and I am close to locking in my first of 2 deals.

I have a contract on a property now that i locked up for almost 17k below asking.