I do a walk through 30 minutes before the closing appointment time.

I made an appointment to walk it one afternoon and received a call from the listing agent (I would have represented my entity as a buyers agent) that the listing was being removed from the market and the sellers declined the showing.

for free waltz into the planning department and speak with a planner... either over the counter or if they will set an appointment... this will give you a heads up on what is permissible use... once you think its still doable.. then go see a good land planning firm that may also have a civil with it. 

I have an appointment with a motivated seller and of course I am nervous.

. -- "Hearing board" means a real estate hearing board appointed by the Commission under § 17-325 of this title.

Both have PRs appointed via a Letters, but the supervised requires Court approval each step.

Oh, FFS:California Civil Code, Section 11:"Whenever any act of a secular nature, other than a work of necessity or mercy, is appointed by law or contract to be performed upon a particular day, which day falls upon a holiday, it may be performed upon the next business day, with the same effect as if it had been performed upon the day appointed."

How professionally do they answer the phone, return your call, set up and follow thru with appointments, would all be indications of what you could expect if you were to hire them.Also check out Ask BP 075 for additional ideas.http://www.biggerpockets.com/renewsblog/2015/07/31...Good luck!

Sounds like we're on the right track in the broad sense.My wife and I have an appointment scheduled to speak with our credit union about the types of loans we're looking at and see what other options we might have.  

You can also use a program called time trade and basically you get the person to schedule an appointment to talk to you.