Neither is right or wrong, but just different, and the communication style has to fit the people involved.

CA is mostly a 'permissive' zoning regulation and states what you can do in a zone, vs being a restrictive style of regulation which would say what you can't do in a zone. e.g. you want to find zones where storage is allowed.

There's been a lot of changes in the industry and many of us "movers and shakers" are working to legitimize tiny homes (and other alternative style housing) by engaging the authorities having jurisdiction as well as standards creating organizations.

They can help you navigate the difference between on-market turn-key style homes vs the local "turn-key" options.  

The infamous Neverland Ranch, in the Santa Ynez Valley, spans 2,700 acre and has a 12,000-square-foot French Normandy-style mansion, three guesthouses, a movie theater, a train station and a 4-acre lake with a waterfall.

If they are loaded to the gills with payments or have charge-offs or collections on dumb stuff like clothing accounts and cell phones I take that more seriously, as someone who is unwilling to pay a few hundred dollar bill and let it go to collections is going to be a bigger risk of not paying their rent (in my opinion AND experience).  

@John Solis  There have been many reports here on BP of people unable to get property insurance wieh K&T is present, so check with your agent.K&T was perfectly functional for decades, but at this age, the cloth insulation on the wires is often deteriorating - especially if someone has added insulation over the wire.Generally, these homes have fuse boxes, not breakers. 

It has a clothes washer and dishwasher.

It is nearly a replica of our home: same colonial style, same bed/bath count, same square footage, similar renovations.

Already rented, ranch style, brick How did you find this deal and how did you negotiate it?