I know lease option in Texas is very strict and protects tenants.

I personally choose to stay nimble and “cheap” to run my business, so I strictly follow the small, highly targeted lists and exhaust every method of reaching the owners to keep my costs down.- What options are you giving sellers?

I'm a strict "buy and hold" investor. 

The scrutinization of lenders is more strict, the equity stake of the homeowners are better, and the payments are actually more affordable due to so many refi’s at low rates.

ON our east coast closings that are all cash.. we get docs e mailed  print them  closer includes FED ex label.. before Covid when my staff was in my office one has a notary so they notarize in house.. then I have a fed ex main office within 2 minutes of us almost next to where we pick up our mail every day so its a routine  pick up mail  go to fed ex to drop off closing packages going to one of the 12 states we maybe funding in. 

We're strictly SFR. 

Welcome @Patrick KelleyI would make these two podcast part of you daily routine.

Plan D is strict bank financing which is quicker, but that's a lot more risk for the bank without the SBA loan on board. 

Some of the HVAC guys I talk to tell me that they routinely find heating equipment that is 2x or 3x the size that the space actually needs, because there are so many fudge factors built into the heat load calculations.

@Chris West The faster you get away from using those tools, the better you'll do...the #1 goal of 90% of these sites is to 1) steal your information 2) sell your information...the bait is just eye candy...and realtor.com has nothing to do with MLS...boards bump Zillow/Trulia and others routinely...as a profession, these sites erode agents integrity and they don't like it...meaning data sharing is not a priority...and its not accurate.