So it’s not clearly stated in the lease the specific areas of the house that are rented to me, but orally we agreed that the back half of the house; bedroom, bathroom, hallway and den room with sliding glass door were mine and the kitchen and laundry would be shared between me and the landlord.

It is almost never advisable to use standard form templates from websites, as they inadequately protect your interests in a unique transaction.Stay away from LegalZoom and the like.

Foreclosures allow the municipality to recover these unpaid, overdue real estate taxes before the first, secondary or all subsequent lien holders.Now, the laws for banks foreclosing on back paid taxes is tricky.

(any broker in the area I'm looking)Also, do certain brokers have specific listings or all listings?

I don't know if it's just my area, or all of CA, but I don't want to take the risk.

Or, for the second position lender to get it back if nobody bids and then sell it and get some or all of what they're owed or possibly even turn a profit. 

Page by page we built maps of the entire area he was responsible for knowing.When your oral test questions were: “There’s a heartattack at 142 Heartbreak Lane.

If your numbers are tight, then I think you can get great CoC returns IFFF you can finance some or all of the rehab.  

I just focused on making sure that I was going to be putting in less than it was worth when it was done, and that the other unit would rent out enough to cover most or all of my mortgage.

Are you doing this in specific markets or all over?