So to some degree that looks a bit more like the multiple foreclosure or BK defense attorneys local to the subject property state and only reviewing/working on assets within their jurisdiction.

Lest we forget, it was the 'really smart guys who we should blindly trust because they work for banks' who got the ball rolling down the path to financial destruction, realized in 2007, not Cleetus the Slack-Jawed Wholesaler.Sure, it's honorable to come to the defense of the desperate seller who gets taken for a ride by an ill-prepared 'wholesaler' who, for whatever reason, can't close.  

Office is by far the best defensive asset to buy when looking at any major city like LA.

If you have the access to this money play defensive till you have that confidence to take risk.

(This is why many aircraft, electronic, and other defense plants are leased rather than owned.)

To me, your offers seem fair and compassionate, but I imagine he feels a bit blindsided and is pretty stressed/upset so he is in defensive mode. 

I'm 28 years old, a veteran (former Army Ranger) turned defense contractor in the DMV area.

Having the forced savings account of paying down your mortgage and most of your net worth in a primary home is a great defense against inflation.

@Jason Chen Not trying to be defensive on our numbers, neither of us will call this anything close to a home run or a big win.  

Fire is a risk in the mountains absolutely, but a lot of the risk can be mitigated by what they call “defensible space,” the specific location of the house in relation to canyons and drainages and open space, and of course building construction.