I like to think that borrowers could read the small print and understand the ramifications..

My salvation has been to navigate the Byzantine condo conversions laws here (condos are not under RC), plus I managed to recently snag a non rent controlled building, which is basically like printing money :)So yeah, San Francisco is a brutal and colorful market, and you really need to know what you are doing, plus have a bit of chutzpah to succeed here.

This is just thoughts so always check your fine print!

Perhaps you could have underlined the words “until the property is sold” and added a fine print that when the property is eventually sold the taxes due will be more than the taxes saved because depreciation recapture is taxed at a higher rate than long term capital gains rate 😏Here is a an example of someone paying thousands of dollars in tax preparation each year in order to record the paper losses noted in K-1.https://www.biggerpockets.com/...

@Luke CarlThe government printed a TON of money.

Agency agreements work fine when the agent is good, and are often necessary because some buyers just aren't up front people (although obviously read all the fine print and know what you're signing up for).Life is much easier with a good buyer's agent, and even as a longtime agent myself I would want one if I were looking for a home out of state or in an area with logistics I'm not accustomed to (irrigation, water rights, etc.).That being said, a lot of buyer agents are frankly not as good as they should be, in my opinion.

Also, be on site to talk through all the renovations, and have a printed list of the improvements you performed.  

Then notice is made by printing it in a publication of record.

Is there any fine print in the docs that people sign saying they can't be obnoxious or cause a disturbance?

And sometimes we have the boots on the ground person help with small things like printing out the contract and getting signed, if the seller isnt' computer-savvy, or setting up a lockbox, etc.