Another favorite site of BPer's: http://www.lonestarlandlaw.com/deceptive-trade-pra...Notice that "taking advantage of" and "predatory" have the same meaning.Consumer protection laws are basically, anti-predatory laws:https://www.nclc.org/images/pdf/udap/report_50_sta...Look to pages 6, 7 and 8, in the charts you'll see real estate listed and the findings of the effectiveness of state laws, in the opinion of the study.Here's GA.

A bid, sight unseen, wow, but yes, not everything is shown, it could be in salaries but other expenses might not be shown, need to go through the chart of accounts.As to the option, how are you going to value the option price?

@Alex Craig  I fund deals in CA  and you should see the disclosures they send there.. its off the charts...

I look at the below chart and think, hmmmm what could possibly happen next to the stock market?

To maximize your trip try to define the properties you are looking to purchase as precisely as possible. 

Your level of motivation is off the charts man.

Look at the market in your area, read blogs, look at prices, chart movement and on market times.

The closer you are and the more precise your product is to the comps makes your negotiations base purely on fact .

Some mentors recommend avoiding 2-4 plexes precisely because they are hard to get comps for.  

You see people chiming in to use everything from complex software, books, seminars, checklists, graphs, charts, tips about all sorts of systems...