Would the homeowner need to give signed consent for the bank to release information about this property to me.

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Pursuant to Section 3712 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the tax deed conveys title to the purchaser free of all encumbrances of any kind existing before the sale, except:• Any lien for installments of taxes and special assessments, which installments will become payable upon the secured roll after the time of the sale.• The lien for taxes or assessments or other rights of any taxing agency that does not consent to the sale under this chapter.• Liens for special assessments levied upon the property conveyed which were, at the time of the sale, not included in the amount necessary to redeem the tax-defaulted property.• Unaccepted, recorded, irrevocable offers of dedication of the property to the public or a public entity for a public purpose, and recorded options of any taxing agency to purchase the property or any interest therein for a public purpose.Any federal Internal Revenue Service liens that, pursuant to provisions of federal law, are not discharged by the sale, even though the tax collector has provided proper notice to the Internal Revenue Service before that date....according to that, California tax sales doesn't seem pretty free and clear to me.

Where is the honor in putting that person in that position without his or her consent or full understanding of the terms of which he is agreeing to and what is at risk?

If you consent to a short sale, the seasoning period for you to qualify for another Agency (Fannie/Freddie) loan is two years vs. five years for foreclosure.

However, if any contract signed by two consenting adults is binding as long as it doesn't violate the law, I guess I could go ahead and type one up myself, right?

Having had svevral LLCs and acting extensively in various corporate structures, "we" determined that a significant issue would be authorizations to negotiate and execute any contract, purchase more than $1,000.00 in materials, open any bank account and specify those authorized to conduct banking business, or order any service that will cost more than a reasonable cut-off amount, mine was usually $250.00.A special meeting is called as provided for in the Operating Agreement and you simply state in the Book of the Minutes the date and time for the meeting, purpose for the meeting, and that unanimous consent ( a one person LLC)was given by Member(s) to conduct such business.

One example is that it says I cannot talk to the third party without consent of this person.

I have a clause in the lease about no changes without written consent.

part of LA in which you can't make any changes to a house without city's consent, weird huh...it's coming well slowly but steady, 1st become an RE agent, to have access to properties and slowly make the transition to investing?