Before the marriage, I purchased a house where I lived.

And not sure of the ages of her 2 children from that marriage, but maybe suggest a large portion of it should be going to a trust, LLC, some entity where you invest in property as Trustee or managing member for their future.  

Hey everyone,I'm Francisco Grijalva, a senior in college gearing up for marriage in May.

I don't think her non-resident status should matter because the trust is a CA trust intending all property acquired in their marriage to be community property. 

Sounds like john broussard and texas funding 6% turns into 13.5 the made up reason my name was not llc after a divorce of a commercial property bought with my funds during marriage.. owelty lien. 

The person needs liquid cash, they have to trust you enough like a marriage, you need detailed agreements in writing.

However, title can be “clouded” many ways, including heirs who never registered their rightful interest (usually when someone dies without a will), spouses never formally divorced, common law marriage situations, children born out of wedlock, incorrect survey information, Sheriff and tax sales misidentifying multiple parcel situations, partial property rights transferred such as remainder estates, tax liens unrecorded, incorrect county identification due to changing county lines as when a river redirects, and of course plain old error in the property description copied onto the recorded warranty deed.  

Marriage ultimately doesn't really have that much to do with the qualifying other than establishing residency and what tax return the property is reported on. 

I would have to say that I am very very lucky because I have partnerships now that work amazingly well like marriages made in heaven.

In this area, that is over 100K in cash which could easily take 5-10 years to accumulate with other debts like student loans, car loans, rent, marriage, etc to pay for even if I do slim my spending down to just the necessities.