Now I dont care about the money they owe me...its not gonna make me or break me, but I consider it my do gooder service to the world to make it official and on record they screwed me and so perhaps the next LL can view that and think again before buying their hard luck story the way I did...I just wish their last landlord would have done the same.

Lets do it . . . you've been gone for a while now . . . welcome back, officially!

As we were going through this process, we assumed that we would not be doing a complete re-paint of our home since in the original settlement it only covered affected areas, which is less than 1/3 of the home and our house was painted less than 3.5 years ago with approved colors (we still have the official “approval” from the HOA/Architecture Review Committee).

May be not an official measure, but if you're leveraging, this is the magic number the banks are looking for.

'All' is negotiable depending on the current public officials and staff.

You **should** be able to add additional language, below, or attached to the official notice, but again, check local law.

Since the seller now officially knows about the house's issues, isn't he required to disclose all of them to future buyers if I walk away?

The lawyer said I would have been stuck but the auction site intervened and I got 100% back without taking official possession!

There is no official redemption period in California but the owner have the right to challenge the tax sale up to 1 year.

I don't have an official buyer under contract yet.The seller informed he can prove title is clear and there is no mortgage - that's why he advertised it as such in the first place.