https://www.californiamortgageassociation.org/news-articles/article/senate-bill-1079-californias-new-foreclosure-and-post-foreclosure-process/#:~:text=New%20Civil%20Code%20section%202924m,to%20the%20prospective%20owner%2Doccupant.This law was poorly written. 

Your byline says Wichita Falls but your topic line at the bottom says Lubbock.  

However, that is all off topic.

Good idea - I guess I am a little sensitive to this topic because I had to go thru an eviction process with the tenant before this couple.

Upon seeing this name again, I looked it up online and found that the person it belonged to had a number of articles from our local news station for a number of crimes, to include forgery, identity theft, impersonation, etc. 

So many "traditional" agents need to at least be educated on this topic and not keep saying "it's illegal" because they don't understand and haven't tried to...

How can I sum up my view point on this topic succinctly and definitively?  

Three thoughts related to the issues mentioned on this thread:- demand for quality CPAs, especially specializing in real estate, is higher than their/our capacity- in my firm, all first-year clients get an extension- collecting 100% fee upfront is fairly common in tax firmsYou may want to find this old thread interesting: https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/51/topics/1042619-strai... 

Starting a new post that I hope would gain some traction here as I haven't seen anything posted on the topic in a while (unless I overlooked).After doing some research, it seems that purchasing a seller financed property could result in a great deal for both parties.

Also the added value from developing the lot is more in the vacant part than in the already built portion.If we do have to sell the whole parcel, another option could be a performance bond and a lien on the property.Looking up pros and cons of performance bonds, this interesting article comes uphttps://www.lauriebrennan.com/blog/to-bond-or-not-to-bond-th...