Correct me if I am wrong, but I am assuming that a family's friends immigrated from another country and they are all staying together now given what is happening throughout US, which if that is the case I will look into public records to see where the owner is receiving mail.

The economy has already lost 5+ million jobs (or 3+% impact on the unemployment rate) to mass early retirement, added deaths, lack of immigration, and excessive levels of disability...and the fed is trying to drive more lost jobs. 

The IRS issues ITINs to individuals who are required to have a U.S. taxpayer identification number but who do not have, and are not eligible to obtain, a Social Security number (SSN) from the Social Security Administration (SSA).The IRS issues ITINs regardless of immigration status, because both resident and nonresident aliens may have a U.S. filing or reporting requirement under the Internal Revenue Code.

Lots of immigrants moving there, so low cost housing might be an easy rental.

It is also a very stable market and a next-largest hub for immigration outside of GTA.Let's connect, perhaps we can learn from each other!

The City of Santa Monica Attorney's Office is bullying my family (as well as other mom-and-pop property owners) into accepting a Section 8 voucher from a terribly problematic current tenant who:1) Has harassed other tenants to the point that they feel physically endangered and decided to move out of the property2) Shouted racial slurs at people working on the property and threatened to call immigration enforcement on them3) Has vandalized the property as well as that of neighbors, including ripping the windshield wipers from an elderly, handicapped neighbor's car4) Is currently harassing potential buyers of the property, preventing us from being able to sell it / causing monetary damagesBackground:My family has owned and operated a modest multi-family property in Santa Monica for 45+ years.

But I still want to have a legal opinion on this matter to make sure that I know all the options I have to do REI without breaking any immigration rules.

Did your associates use an immigration attorney?

(my mom is a Vietnamese immigrant---before any accusations of racism start flying around) When they spoke, according to my kid, the 2 Spanish woman joked and laughed and then told my mom they've been renting for 10 years with no complaints...so sorry.  

Most of the rent and appraisal appreciation was due to steadily higher incomes and net immigration to the really hot regions like Orange County and parts of San Diego.