Bernie, in my experience the good thing about doing the lease option is you can charge a non refundable option fee or "down payment". depending on what the option sales price would be this could be as little as 5k and as high as the optioners will pay in your market.

They will have to charge you big enough rent to cover their payments and make a profit for themselves.

This is the same court where people are charged with misdemeanors.

I've had success with people who couldn't get approved for conventional financing.

How much should I charge him if I find a buyer?

My county's decided to cash in on the foreclosure boom with a weekly service, for a charge, of course.

we started investing in RE (SFR) just over a year and a half ago and have managed to purchase 3 properties all with conventional financing (20% down).

Also we are charging 850.00 for rent and they want to stay for another 2 years, their lease is up in Dec.

Preferrably a direct lender or a broker that doesn't charge high fees.

A conventional lender will figure out your not actually on title and refuse to do the loan.