Honestly everything is relative.

Overall: Took two months from start to finish and a whirl wind of what seems like constant communication between my banks and relator.

I'm a health care independent contractor, with an open ended contract in San Joaquin county, CA.

Definitely start jumping into the community here and feel free to ask any questions related to Real Estate investing!

The person on title but not obligated to pay the mortgage is at an advantage relative to the other party, since they can stop the sale, rent, etc, but don't have to make any payments on it.

Does anyone know of a resource/website to find RE related docs that are kosher in Oregon? 

Reassessment would be ... undesirable.There's also a bulletin posted on the DRE site (from 2016) that talks about this subject as it relates to short term rentals (but they cover all mgmt cases):http://www.dre.ca.gov/files/pdf/adv/LicenseeAlert2...The "power of attorney" thing has an ominous "don't use these provisions to circumvent the requirement" clause. 

The property is being sold by a daughter who is moving her mom out of state to live with her, since her mom's health has deteriorated.

@Tyion Bridgeman @Brie Schmidt Since I am still inexperienced in the space, I am hoping to find a relatively low risk turn-key or cosmetic fix-up multifamily property.

A poor realtor is a poor realtor regardless if there is any relation to the buyer/seller.