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Here, I'll start:

1. Always do your due diligence.
2. It's better to overestimate than underestimate costs.

Hello,

I have some questions about Lease Optioning a property:

1) Who has the insurance on the house? The originial owner?
2) Who pays the taxes and/or gets the tax write off on the property?

Any help would be appr...

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