Let's face it, people get overly sensitive about the subject.

Ah, but with that LLC will come a magical corporate veil that the local district management judge won't be able to pierce, perhaps with his penetrating judicial lance...It's all a load of hocus-pocus baloney telling us that without that LLC, we're at the judge's mercy and his big bad black judicial lance will come penetrating in tender, sensitive places that make us squeal and call out for our mommies.

They are getting sensitivity training. 

They have the lease on file, and you should be able to see it with any sensitive information blacked out, they just don't like to give it to you.

Contracts are meant to be followed, and if there is no penalty to leaving the contract terms and going to someone else, what's the point of making a time sensitive contract in the first place?

I think you are dead on point to look east, but you may not have to go much past east bay or even Central Valley to find something that pencils out (and possibly less oil price sensitive)..

The LOI I'm familiar with, but often times a Seller won't want to divulge any possibly sensitive financial info, even with a LOI if a prospective buyer hasn't even seen the property either.

This allows me to get extra time when comes to sensitive questions so I could think over w/ my clear mind without being emotional at spot. 

I think communities going through changes like this are going to have growing pains, and I want to be sensitive to my outsider perspective. 

I'm someone who is really sensitive to floor noises/creaks.