Hi @Ken Cooper I too am a Westsider...Don't give up too easily there are deals all over Southern California, just not a lot of low hanging fruit.

Redemption rights can go for as little as $500 and as much as 40k+.BTW your attorney is nuts.

A large building in Manhattan with a place on the top floor; a flat in Paris, Rome, Munich, Hong Kong and Singapore; A large chunk of land on Kauai where we can grow lots of fruits and veggies and build a subdivision...I can go on.

Down side is that the seller is on that note, so any late payment goes to your credit....there are safeguards to keep this from happening to a point.Your attorney can explain it and probably won't be nuts about it as it does violate the due on sale clause in your mortgage.Another way is for the two of you to form an LLC, refinance the place between both of you, then sell your interest out of the company.

Est.1963.Level 34 acres complete w/appx 3,000 fruit trees, flood irrigation, 2 wells 1 irrig/1 domestic. 1886 sqft remodeled home w/updates such as professional 6 burner Garland range oven,SS counter tops, Broan hood vent, Maple flooring, a 27x23 Arizona room or fabulous tasting room. 2280 sqft barn with covered patio, built-in 12' bar,Brick pizza oven,game room,phase 3 elec.

These people are nuts and really need to get out but what can we do about any of this?

With a minor 2k fee I place the max offer at 27.9.Considering the seller has this thing on the market at 79k (I believe this is WAY to high to actually sell) he will probably think I'm nuts, but might just be motivated enough to part with it.

some people from cali say to just add on 3% repair value" You know California, land of the fruits and nuts."

with all due respect, I think you guys saying that Dana is "owed" $7500 are nuts.

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