California has some wacky real estate laws...In my experience, and in my state, if your contract (with you as a buyer) has no contingencies and you don't completely the transaction through no default of the seller, you're going to lose your EM if the seller is willing to fight for it.As a seller, I always give my buyers reasonable contingency periods (and if they use my mortgage broker and closing attorney, they get a financing contingency through closing so they'll never lose their EM), but if the buyer passes their contingency periods and then wants to back out for some stupid reason, I *will* keep their EM.If they don't want to give up the EM, I'm happy to let the EM holder assign it over to the courts, file a small claims suit, and let a judge decide.

This is fantastic food for thought.

Phillip - Thank you so much for organizing the gathering and for the food.

The pest control will not matter if the tenant is not clean.The animals will eat the food,grease,trash instead of the poison.If there is nothing to eat they will ingest the poison and start to stay away.If you have a connected unit you do not own the problem could reside with those people and not your tenant.

Never really thought about the distribution aspect as I am focused simply on my goal; it leaves me food for thought.

This is a personal decision that every business owner has to make, and different people will choose different methods for different reasons, but I have some additional food for thought.I'd rather act as my own registered agent in most cases.

Food for Thought - Ned

I also suggestt food storage, cash storage and metals for additional security.

If the judgements are not of the current owner and the recording of the judgements is within the ownership time of the current owners than approach the judgment holder and explain and ask them to satisfy their lien and go find the right people.

With only about 7 miles width and depth, coupled with tight city coding, the city does not have enough units to satisfy demand to live here.In addition, the social media bubble on top of explosive growth from companies such as Apple and Google has created a situation where many newly wealthy holders of stock options in said concerns are able to bid up the price of properties beyond long term value.