I'd recommend somewhere other than California.As others here have said, buy your nice house, pay down the mortgage, relax. vaya con dios amigo.

Maybe they learned of this CL technique in an investing program or something. 

I just did my basement and there is one piece is separating on the side of the floor (long side of the floor) Should I use the same technique as if it were the ends of the floor?!? 

I just got one of my clients a $50K concession on a $500K property through some specific negotiation techniques.

The fact that this is a growing technique indicates how unfair the Landlord-Tenant laws are.

@Rajagopalarao Paidi  some areas of the country it is perfectly normal for foundation issues given the soil types and building techniques of the time.

@Ryan ClearyIf you’re seriously considering getting leads from an outside source like Zillow, I’ll give you the same advice I share with my flipper clients:A great strategy for any flipper, investor, or even realtor is to develop their own off-market seller marketing techniques.

@David Jenkins I learned from the Lance Edwards Big Money in Small Apartments Bootcamp and applied his marketing strategy and analysis technique to mid-size and large apartment buildings with good results.

But, once I was able to eliminate the non sense and the outdated, and work my way thru the pointless, I was left with excellent strategies and techniques most investors don’t know about and even less utilize.

The argument against this though, is that the audit technique guides suggest that the 1245 asset components have to be 'personal property', aka movable assets.