The ball is on their court.

I'm redoing the studio basement, turning the garage into a functional space (office, yoga studio, etc.), will modernize the kitchen (paint the cabinets, redo tiling, change countertops and sink), and the bathroom (updating almost everything in it).I bought the house at market rate, so I didn't "buy" a deal, but am hoping to leverage a few strategies to maximize the value we get from it.

Just make sure you file all the correct sequence of notices so that when the moratorium ends you'll be in line for a court date.

EVICTION as soon as the courts open!

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Was assigned a court date 21 days later (in CA it’s supposed to be within 20).

If you were getting sued, and the Lawyer defending you in court learnt how from discussion groups and blogs, then perfected it through trial and error, how confident would you be in the results? 

Nyanciel,The property should have gone through Probate right after he passed away, you should have put a claim on it then and let it go through the courts.

He opted to take his chances that the landlord will take him to court.

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