There is usually an LTV restriction, but not always.

Find out if there is a wall with convenient access to plumbing drains. and if that area could work as a kitchen.

Additionally you are released from any restrictions for occupancy after one year.

This exclusive buyer agency/agent contract is also restricting the buyer to only one agent until the contract ends which I think is unethical, the buyer also seems to have no right to choose how long(duration) the contract can be which I think is unethical too. 

If you have a pet policy, they must meet breed restrictions and pay pet fees, deposits, and rents.

I Thought you had to have the tax deed before you could access the property?  

(And possibly even on the clock.)Yes, I know very well that that some CPAs brag about being accessible and always answering their phone.

In reality, it was a no cost sit down with someone my mother worked with in the past who helped her with her current home, and had a lot of the numbers and information of the home and equity we were looking to access.

They are saying it'll report "crimes at a national level like national sex offender list" but that they can't access county or state level offenses.

If you choose Oakland, I would research landlord tenant laws here and have access to an attorney here - it has heavily pro-tenant laws and the lower priced homes are in high crime areas.