You can initiate a law suit against the California DRE if you feel that their claim is baseless and everything you do is outside the governing body of real estate, but you better build a strong case.

I say this from experience, that the oils from the body will eventually seep into the grout and I haven't found a good way of getting it all out; scrubbing lifts the top stain but it eventually just comes back through. 

Great post @Scott E. and a couple other factors maybe I missed in the comments is AI replacing bodies so less need for office space AND people working from home so companies are moving from super expensive spaces into smaller places. 

Scientists believe that the flavonoids found in chocolate (and red wine) do this by lowering blood pressure and improving vascular function (aka how effectively your blood delivers oxygen and nutrients throughout your body), as well as carrying away waste materials.

I'm a bank regulatory attorney (I work for a bank regulator, not private practice).

The money is too good to pass up . ( but it was easier on the body in my 30's vs my late 50's and one of my drivers is only good for about 5 hours , my father is 84 and cant wait for snow )

Because this is near a body of water, prospective buyers made need extra reassurance that the county would be more likely to approve whatever design they present. 

The drilling and testing drive the cost of the Phase 2.The property I am looking at, a 65K sq ft light industrial zoned site with retail frontage and residential all around it, has a history of automotive usage (e.g. repair, storage) but so far no known underground storage tanks (big warning flag) or body work / painting (another warning flag) or industrial manufacturing.

I would guess that the area where the body was lying is the main problem.

If so all investment offerings that are publically advertised must be registered - with the SEC if it is interstate - with the state regulatory agency if it is intrastate.