@Adam Bastien It's important to draw the distinction between a Tax Delinquent List and a Tax Sale List.Delinquent Tax List - This is an all inclusive list of properties who are past due by on their taxes. 

Actually I knew the distinction about custodian -- typing that was a mistake.

@Clinton Felix-Millionaire real estate investor -never split the difference -how to win friends and influence people-5 distinction of a team-the book on rental property investing -the book on tax strategies for the savvy real estate investor-The Goal Not all of these are about real estate but they are books I would highly recommend if you ever plan on running any type of business or managing anyone.

@Charles LeMaire, I'd assumed LPs were always non RE pros and vice versa for GPs but not for any good reason, thanks for pointing the distinction out.

I did not even realize that was a distinct thing I will definitely be looking into this immediately. 

That said, with a permanent 0.5% (or less) interest rate environment a distinct possibility, a 10% seller-finance note might look pretty sweet to just about everyone...Thoughts?

Anyone else in the Bay Area have the dubious distinction of trying to fill a vacancy right now?

I think that is an important distinction.

I have dedicated my entire career to real estate in one form or function.. but having said that and having lived through 4 distinct now 5  distinct economic cycles or upsets.. you understand they are all different and you don't want to step over dollars to pick up pennies.. and alienating good tenants to me would be foolish just because you might have to forgo a couple grand and get it paid over time as things recover.. and if you cant afford 2 months payments on your rentals.. then that's your fault for being undercapitalized or taking on too much debt.. stuff happens.. we can all say well the tenant should be prepared.. but in reality its not the tenants investment its the investors they are the ones that need to be prepared.  

It took a very long time but we were finally able to sell that property for a nice profit in 2017.One important distinction is that the cause of the last recession was the real estate market bubble bursting which caused prices to tumble.