You are referring to CreditRetriever.There are and pro's and con's to both, but for our typical user of 1-100 units SmartMove is the more logical option:It does not require that a landlord have a physical onsite inspection at their place of business (so landlords can begin screening immediately upon signup)Since the consumer essentially pulls their own report it is a "soft inquiry"This method of inquiry does not lower or affect the tenants credit score in any way, where a "hard hit" does.  

As the author said several times (i am paraphrasing), "if it were true that you could buy some 'system,' pill, or speed 2 minutes a day on a particular exercise machine, each one of us would be real estate moguls, stock market millionaires, and have abs of steel."

In any given month, 5 out of 9 mail me checks while the others pay me in cash which I end up collecting by physically going to the properties.  

Although if the house we have a bid on doesn't go through, it might be a good exercise to see what that right of way is worth to her...

I exercise.

Im going to go physically look at it tonight, but wanted some rough ideas how to approach it or even how to put a good offer in. 

A master lease option (something @Brandon Turner has talked about) is not a sale until the option is exercised, right?

J Beard, I agree with you on not investing in Class-D neighborhoods, and I've still yet to physically inspect the place next week.

I physically visit the neighborhoods I am targeting.  

This is exactly what the ad looked like, no pictures or anything:nice 2 bdrm (potentially 4 bdrm), 1 bath (potentially 2 bath) on large lot. 1952 sq ft. lease with option to purchase as follows: move in: $1,500 option fee- applied to sales price when exercising option to purchase, non refundable if option not exercised or violating lease agreement (i.e. non payment of rent) + $1,500 first months rent (or prorated if not on first of month) + $700 security deposit.