There is no option on their filing website to do anything except file an amended articles of organization which allows to change the company name, effective date, or purpose.

All parties sign the amended escrow instructions or the amended contract or everyone is "out of contract".

I didn't have time to post the amended lease before signing leases and haven't been back to it.

a) A valid and current demand(s) signed by Lender and acknowledged by Borrower with any amendments thereto.

This gives them the incentive to sign the lease, and you are always able to take them to month to month at more reasonable terms, with an amendment.  

One route to a law repealing Costa Hawkins is through the legislature, which was tried already earlier this year and didn't even make it out of committee.The second route is via California's direct democracy route (ballot proposition that leads to a constitutional amendment, which is what Prop 13 was), and all we have so far is activists saying they're sure they can do it.

So if you have $250k into a property and in 20 years you sell for 500k, the $250k gain is potentially tax free.You're spot on regarding the regulations, final regulations haven't been released but I had a conversation with the IRS as well as with the attorneys we're working with and they suggest the same thing, setup the entities in accordance with the rules written, regardless of the vagueness, and if regulations come down that are contrary to partnership agreements, corporate resolutions, etc. then we'll need to amend documents as necessary.

I said yes, "I understand real estate contracts can only be amended in writing and the seller took a refrigerator without my written permission".

Sometimes escrow will require that the seller sign an Amendment to the TREC form/contract to acknowledge the buyer entity change.

We also sent an amendment to the Listing Agent, along with a copy of the inspection.Today, we received an answer that in lieu of making any repairs, they would leave the refrigerator.Since we first found this house, the MLS states that the refrigerator was included in the sale.Once we mentioned this to the Listing Agent, she quickly said that it was a mistake.