Read Kim Kiyosaki's book, 'It's Rising Time.'  

My thought was that it could be picked up for $113k today on a lease option, the lease could be sublet to a tenant who will pay the mortgage and provide cash flow, it is in a market where prices are rising, and when it is time to exercise the option to purchase the value of the house would be higher than the $130k comps are showing today.  

Welcome to BiggerPockets, @Joshua Oclaray.I, too am in a super hot market with prices rising ridiculously.

While gas is cheap demand usually grows, and if new production is halted eventually the scales will tip and prices will rise again. 

Do you want to throw money out the window with energy cost that continues to rise or would you rather save some by buying a better glass upfront?

In the East Bay there are a plethora of mid-rises going in.

If you stick around, I think Denver will be a great investment over a decades-long time horizon, and I struggle to see the fundamentals of why people love it here diminishing.The Bad - Pretty Much Everything Else in the short-medium term makes me think that commercial real estate prices are going to collapse, or at least NOT rise relative to the income they produce:1) Interest rates - They are super low.

I know its not cash but your net worth is rising. 

I really think that Durham is on the rise (I realize that this has been said in the past, a few times before, but it feels much more real to me this time).I am interested in buy and hold investing.At this point, my questions are:I am feeling the itch to start investing now.

Your assessment will rise.