Irvine , CA Thursday, January 07, 2016 According to a new study of companies leaving California during the last eight years, the state's business climate will worsen because of a multitude of proposed tax hikes and new regulations – measures sufficient to motivate more company departures.The study by Spectrum Location Solutions is critical of extending the "temporary" taxes in Proposition 30, escalating fuel and motor vehicle taxes, imposing a service tax on routine transactions, raising carbon-related cap-and-trade fees, and threatening to weaken Proposition 13's protections for business property owners."

I was then informed by neighbors and threatened legal action and then all of a sudden they "found" records.It was also so cheap that I couldn't resist.

Court confirmation would have ensued and legal publication and competitive bids made your original offer wishful thinking.Had you bulletproofed your deal with a performance trust deed or mortgage, you might have been in a much stronger position to protect your position and complete your acquisition.Had you purchased the beneficial interest from at least 51% of heirs/beneficiaries you'd be in a commanding position, maybe even boot the existing PR and replace with a 3rd party fiduciary who'd be paid all statutory and extraordinary fees.Your best defense now is to hire an attorney who threatens (bug does not execute) a lis Pendens clouding title and gumming up the works while you figure out a plan B.If yo don't have the stomach for lawsuits or you live in a small community, I suggest you consider the risk/reward of this opportunity.

This created a lot of hostility and she threatened to bring a lawsuit against me - granted it was unsubstantiated, but nobody wanted to defend themselves and pay legal fees.

Yesterday the seller went looney tune and wants to pull out and is threatening a law suit with the selling agent for predatory practices.  

Should I be threatening legal action to get them to get caught up on their deposits?

I'd at least like to make sure I have a fighting chance in a life threatening situation.

So we went to one of them, snooped around, and a woman came out with a knife threatening us!

It seems like you could be threatened that an investor is working on your turf Bill.

I had to threaten him with losing future listings for him to get to do a open, and then it took him 3+ weeks to schedule it.