I have never bought a property for nothing but I was able to get many many communities with nothing down and great seller financing terms.Listen to the seller, find out what their motivation is, their pain point then present them with a solution and see where it goes, when the terms make sense have the guts to move forward.

Interestingly, the timing presented a challenge as two potential deals emerged simultaneously, creating a bit of a crunch.

Would that happen without her being present? 

The Clerk only accepts the information on the amt of tax owed presented to it on behalf of the DOR. 

There're lot of family that rather renting as long as their kid is within this school district.and here's another story, this is a condo that was 1.2 mil in 2016 and recently sold for 600k-ish in best location in the world (for the homeless lol) :https://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/1075-Market-St-94103... so yea, school district and local gov. has huge impact of condo appreciation (and de-appreciation) lol also if on want sample of condo complex that the HOA is simply broken and the homeowner is basically wiped out, there're bunch of them in Concord. 

People file LLCs out of state all the time - an example being filing in Wyoming or Delaware for liability protection purposes.

Buyers have been presenting cash offers with proof of assets etc.

I do not have experience unfortunately, but I am working on purchasing / building a youth hostel along the Camino de Santiago, which is in Northern Spain.

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