I've had plenty of great people on paper and a totally different person who shows up.

Would a six month lease with six payments and a deposit up front, transitioning into a month to month agreement be any safer for the owner?

There's a theory that the bronze age collapse several thousand years ago was caused by using something useful (bronze) as currency for a long time, and that thing that was the basis for currency suddenly being less useful (iron invented), leading to all the stores of wealth (bronze, or currency backed by bronze) plummeting in value, and a downward spiral from there.

I've heard stories of landlords keeping deposits to cover real and actual expenses related to damages and/or a tenant breaking a lease and a judge not agreeing with that use of the deposit and awarding damages to the tenant.

I found the Louisiana contract online and a title company that helped me get it set up. 

I’m just starting out in my real estate career and as looking into doing a lease option for one of my properties.From my understanding, rental credits are a big no-no, as it makes the deal a financing agreement with equitable interest.My question is, for those deals where the initial option fee counts toward the purchase price of the house in the end, would that ever be considered a financing agreement since they are pre-paying so to speak?  

About an hour from Rock Hill, good rents, and a lot more inventory.

I have a job in chemical industry (manager) and a good salary (90k a year).I started with buy & hold real estate in 2016.

He did a quick evaluation of what a park is worth by considering a 40% expense rate and a 12% cap yielding an offer price of $135,000 (27,000 lot rent only *.6/.12)Any thoughts?

You could contact hard money lender types, but they will charge an arm and a leg.