People who like hardwood but are looking for a more bullet proof product love this material.If your basement floor is a concrete slab with control joints that will be layed over, I highly recommend looking into an anti fracture membrane to counter act the possibility of horizontal movements in the slabs at the joints, if there is any signs of vertical movement at the joints I would avoid any tile installations no matter what the product is.

That being said( and for the sake of knowledge sharing), I’m not 100% anti-condo.

@Alex Cardenas like others have stated, you can use pigtails to correct the possible oxidation fire issue, but that house will likely sit for a long time.

Yes, CA is a pro-tenant / anti-landlord minefield of regulations.

I am not anti Midwest investing. 

If they were a stacked set in a closet, definitely leave them, and make sure you have new anti-burst supply hoses for them.

I'm from Wyoming and grew up around guns so this isn't a political, anti-gun post, it's just my observation. 

Even though San Diego has not successfully passed any significant anti-growth initiative the real estate is very constrained (limited supply):- To the North Camp Pendleton constrains.- To the South Mexico constrains.- To the West the ocean constrains (poor us :=).- To the East the harsh climate constrains (good luck living in Anza Borrego through a summer)The supply will always be constrained. 

These laws are so glaringly pro tenant  and anti-landlord.

I'm not anti-off-market or pro MLS, just offering some perspective.