Total contract price, payment schedule, time of completion, make sure all change orders are in writing and include additional amount, make sure GC is licensed and insured, make sure all of their subs are licensed and insured, make sure that all items are completed to code, make sure that materials are specified (ie marble, ceramic, travetine, etc...) 

To my understanding in real estate law  a person cannot stop paying arbitrarily because of issues  if they are residing in the property they still should pay in lieu of findings from a court etc  if they have not paid you  for your monthly rent  then your recourse is to evict them . of course going to the legal process which unfortunately take some time  if you  PM me  I will send you the statue that you can show to them that hopefully  causes them to continually pay  it would be different if you were a  bad landlord and wasn't trying to take care of the property  they should see that you are remedy the situation it sounds to me that they are just trying to take advantage of the situation or honestly believe that they are in the right

This means you go after the tenant for the money long after most other debt would expire due to the statue of limitations.Take the judgment to a collection agency: Google for "Judgment Recovery" to find one. 

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Statues limit the bank's responsibility to 12 months of dues or 1% of the original mortgage if they take it back through foreclosure but there is no such protection for a 3rd party bidder.   

For example you can get a porclein floor tile that looks just like marble.

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@Derek LacyI noticed your response on the other thread and found this interesting posting you made.So how do you protect yourself from the statue of repose in California?

Read the statue & understand the sale procedure.  

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