BEST ANSWER
Lease-to-Own houses are not generally advertised. They are created. Realtors don't generally want to do them because the have to wait for their commission(if they ever even receive one on the deal) OR they still ask WAYYY too much money upfront for the option to purchase. You can get into houses with 3-5 % upfront. I've even gotten a property under contract to $1. In reality, you don't have to put down a penny upfront to get into a Lease-to-Own house!
Go onto Craigslist and contact the "For Rent" sellers (who are NOT Realtors or Property Mgmt Companies) and ask them if they would sell at the end of the lease. When they respond back with a ....."Man! I would LOVE to sell.....I was going to have to rent it because my Realtor and I could not sell it in the first place"....then your golden! Just set the purchase price, length of the lease and the monthly payments.
If you need any help putting the paperwork together, let me know. Or if you have any questions on the process....feel free to shoot me an email.
Darin
Sat May 23 2009, 19:50