If someone tried this (acceleration on DOS default) on me, I'd 1) attempt to discuss rationally with FI, 2) address the state Commissioner of Banks (per my Sep 16 '11 post on BP), 3) petition the attorney general, and 4) call local TV consumer advocate.

I do not recommend using anyone but an LA County probate attorney lest you get "home-boyed" by probate examiner long before judge or commissioner sees file.Nothing against the Riverside attorneys as I've been the featured speaker four separate occasions for the probate section and only non-attorney member of the group.There is more to the law than trying to hire an attorney on the cheap.

I have heard of situations where the bank representative was involved in a car accident on the way to the Master Commissioner sale and there was no prior bid filed. 

Since the risk is higher than in the US (with the exception of European countries), US investors will probably not invest unless the return is significantly higher than what they could get at home.

(a)(1) Except as provided in subdivision (2), no tax assessor, tax collecting official, commissioner of revenue, officer of the court with jurisdiction, or any employee of any of those offices shall knowingly have a direct or indirect financial interest in the purchase of any tax lien sold for delinquent taxes.(2) This section does not apply to an attorney representing a party in the purchase of a tax lien sold for delinquent taxes or an employee of the attorney.

As part of the documents showing the transfer of 20% ownership on a Commissioners Deed, the other documents show that the "girlfriend" was also the mother of their three children and that it was determined to be a common-law marriage and that the transfer was part of a separation agreement.

Later, the landlord grants the reservation to a tenant who is white, of European descent.

And these guys convince themselves they're happy, with these gigantic mortgages hanging over their heads, driving ridiculously expensive European cars they don't need, locked into a lifetime of house-poor existence with maybe a 5-10% saving match for a 401(k).

I need to be friends with other commissioners.

I have also reminded them that I have the Insurance Commissioner's phone number.