If you are a foreign national or someone else that might be on a watch list those are the exact transactions the USA PATRIOT Act's financial provisions were meant to detect.

Everything that our newly elected president talked about during his campaign trail leads to higher prices. 

The fact someone wanted to show a 20% versus a 15% return by using a lower interest rate, meant increased risk, which you either win or lose, since you're gambling.2. 

You can negotiate pretty well right now and we'll see what the next two months bring with the Fed meeting again and the election. 

True mate,Always needed to get eyes on the property.Even if it meant sticking my nose on every window and looking through.Even the basement windows lolI think it's too high risk buying completely blind and not doing at least that.Ideal world, the back door is unlocked.And luckily for me "It was always unlocked" by me hahahaha Lol, yeah, I gotcha.

The other thing I meant to mention with EV in CA. and I am not sure if its this way in the Bay Area on 880 or 101 or 280 or 680 but the HOV lanes in LA if you have an EV you can run in the HOV lane with one person..

The security deposit is meant to cover damages at the end of the lease and should only be used once the lease has expired. 

I mean we used to sell notes in the day with a " With Recourse endorsement" in CA that meant you had to make good on the note.. but don't think those are done anymore with the scrutiny on the securities aspect..

On the election: Trump in the WH wont make a difference.

Well....should you invest in a city where the people elected a woman with foreclosures, liens, judgements, garnishments, ethical violations from the state ethics board,  misused a city credit card, went three years arrears on her federal taxes all while yelling for other people to pay "  their fair share, " left skeletonized dead bodies hanging over Canal St for months on end covered only by a tarp until the wind blew it off to reveal to our horror her blatant disrespect for human dignity?