You do need to request the current seller/manager to send/deliver a letter to the existing tenants, advising them of a change in management, and instructing them to direct all communication and rent payments to you at your address/phone effective a specific date.Once the seller/manager confirms delivery of that notice, you reach out to the tenants, providing additional general information, including payment options ( be sure to inform them they must stop any current automatic payments) and how you prefer maintenance requests be handled.

In my view, I am paying for a safety inspection and did not agree to a change in instructions.

He divides his billing among the number of parties he is representing, so if he sits there for an hour, and has ten parties, each pays 1/10 of his hourly rate.When he is involved in bidding, he is given a maximum not to exceed dollar amount by the potential buyer, and he diligently writes down the amounts bid by all competing bidders and himself to establish that he bid as instructed (his CYA IMO).I didn't get into how the payment of the bids gets handled (attorneys are alowed to write a check from their bank account, whereas non-attorneys require cash or certified checks), so I can't elaborate on that.

More importantly, the title report tells you whether or not you are not only buying something free and clear, but details that you might not know that affect the property (easements, special assessment districts, inclusion in a redevelopment zone, etc.)You don't even have to prepare a contract as escrow instructions suffice for a simple deal in California.

The on line training "on demand videos" are so poorly created you would be shocked, bad picture, poor sound, instructor goes off to left field to make it last 3 hours, I can go on.

The landlord issues "coupons" or "tickets" (pick whatever term suits you) to the tenant, along with instructions on how to read the meter.

Don't worry, there are detailed instructional videos on this and nearly every single other aspect of the websites.

Here's an update:  Per my attorney's instructions, I sent a letter to my tenants last week, returning the check they'd given me for the full month of July.

We have it under contract now and have instructed our attorney to pay special attention to pending litigations, violations, outstanding bills etc.

I can't find anything in the instructions on the paperwork that might elude to what that is.