The tax valuation of the house was $580,000 in 2016 so the owner is very aware that there is extra equity in the house, it was a rental but they don't want to deal with it anymore.Now as for my situation and numbers:1.

There was no way I was getting anything out of them and didn't want to spend the extra money taking them to court.Hopefully you can recover some of the money, or at least have the comfort of knowing it's on their record for future rental applications that require background/credit checks.

Everything from supplies, labor, contractors, permit fees etc.

I also plan to have extra maintenance costs.

I have a client with 10 homes and his umbrella is 5million in extra General Liability for all of them is around $1500 annually.

It just adds extra expense and lowers your credit rating.B. 

I hope someone out there can and does help, I feel like there are plenty of other people that need to know this besides me.BP does not permit self permotion even on threads where people are asking.. thus people have to recommend someone they use, but after a while it gets old as it’s not their business to promote someone else’s business each and every time someone ask on BP...American Tracers is good, I’ve used them plenty, and it’s founder Corey Crane, is on the forum.

As your primary residence, you should purchase the best house you can afford with your kids education and extra curricular activities in mind.Problem with SF public schools is the lottery system, but that's a whole other discussion.

I came away with a chunk of change, the respect of family and their potential business, and a couple extra grey hairs.The highlights of this experience?

I always try to pay for what’s in front of me and try to not speculate on rent increase etc. if I do manage to increase rents or pass expenses off to the tenants than that extra money is gravy.