In California, the assessed value can be VERY far off market value due to the various CA ballot propositions that set assessed value upon transfer, and then only allow very small increases per year.  

@Justin Hennig,  In what you're describing there is another element that weighs in rather than the actual deed transfer.  

@Andy WuSince you have existing retirement funds, consider opening a self-directed IRA or self-directed solo 401k and transferring your existing IRA funds and possibly your existing 401k funds to one of the self-directed accounts mentioned previously.

And there's a website(can't remember the name) that updates big executives moving from one company another company, or promotions Buchanan sometimes mean transfer.

Certain companies would not be eligible to use the exemption, including:o Non-U.S. companies,o Exchange Act reporting companies,o certain investment companies,o companies that are subject to disqualification under Regulation Crowdfunding,o companies that have failed to comply with the annual reporting requirements under Regulation Crowdfunding during the two years immediately preceding the filing of the offering statement, ando companies that have no specific business plan or have indicated that their business plan is to engage in a merger or acquisition with an unidentified company or companies (no blank check companies).Investor Limitations Individual investors may, over a 12-month period, to invest in the aggregate across all crowdfunding offerings up to:o If either their annual income or net worth is less than $100,000, than the greater of:§ $2,000 or§ 5 percent of the lesser of their annual income or net worth.o If both their annual income and net worth are equal to or more than $100,000, 10 percent of the lesser of their annual income or net worth; Securities purchased in a crowdfunding transaction generally are restricted and may not be resold for one year. o Holders of these securities would not count toward the threshold that requires a company to register its securities under Exchange Act Section 12(g) if the company is current in its annual reporting obligations, retains the services of a registered transfer agent and has less than $25 million in total assets as of the end of its most recently completed fiscal year.

Simply download or transfer the podcast directly to the device's internal drive or memory card and use a podcast app or if supported, the devices default player to listen to them.  

I also paid for expedited service on a wire transfer recently and it took them 2 days to submit the wire.

People get transferred all the time. 

I would first look up how the owner of record reads at the assessor's site and pull up recorded docs as to how this transfer or addition occured.    

Make sure you have a deed held in escrow so there are no issues when it is time to transfer the property to your name (in 5-7 years).Charles