The owner is a former mortgage underwriter and she is preparing documents herself and having her friend at a title company execute the sale.  

- California is not a landlord friendly market. 

Friends Title is attorney-owned and investor-friendly. https://friendstitle.com/

And might be everyone, like your employee, your mother, your friend or even yourself.Human is, and will always be, the weakest link of your defense line.

I remember chatting with a good friend of mine, Jared, who once picked up a quirky three-story in Somerville to rent short-term.

I am looking to invest in Ohio due to the cash flow potential and because it's landlord friendly state.

A friend of mine had an earth moving business , worth about 10 million .

@Mike H.First I would make friends.

There is friendly cities to such, people flocking there because it's where people want to live.

I will be going down there in a couple of days, and interested in building/developing/investing, I am a licensed Mexican Architect, I have friends living there as realtors, US investors, and US builders ready to pull the trigger.