@Philip MullinaxDepending on the Tenancy Law in your jurisdiction, a transfer of ownership in the middle of an eviction may provide the tenant an opportunity to stay the eviction and compel you to recommence action once you are the owner.  

It  will not accept money orders, with those, I deposit into my regular account and just transfer it over.  

In Bay Area, the downturn in year 1991 and 2001 was only 10%, about the same fee/cost (6% agent commission, escrow fee, property transfer tax, owner title policy etc.) to sell a property.

What can I do to transfer ownership without an attorney?

payment => closingvesting => deed recordingsorry for the confusion, english is obviously not my native tonge.So, in short, the consensus among the answers seems to be that the date of the actual transfer of funds is the reference date and not the date of the deed recording, nor the purchase agreement date

The big news here is that a class action law suit is going forward against the City of Bedford in the Northern District of Ohio contesting "all homeowners who were forced to endure government searches as a precondition to the sale of their homes are entitled to demand refunds of illegal “Point of Sale” inspection fees".A similar suit has already been adjudicated in the Southern District Courts in favor of prohibiting the practice as a sale requirement.41 communities in Northeast Ohio require some type of POS for title transfer which I'm sure is a source of income the cities don't want to see disappear.

The knee wall idea (done properly with top and bottom plates and 16" OC) will transfer and distribute the weight load across the entire length of the house which will in fact catch those intersecting bearing walls.

Seller is pushing to meet at bank and have Deed notarized, transfer funds same day and walking away. 

If you still hear them too much, a laminate floor up there floated over an acoustic pad/membrane may further separate the surfaces transferring sound.

If our LLC saves one law suit based on appearance then that is bonus as our LLC is not structured to provide real asset protection.In summary, do your research on what is required to have the LLC provide asset protection (such as having the properties owned by the LLC and issues purchasing non-commercial in an LLC and risk to loan in transferring a property to an LLC) as well as the CA requirements limits on the use of OOS LLCs.Good luck