Talk to them first, but raise rent to market rent, background screen, credit check, and offer lease.

Tenant knows units being sold and seems she prepare that she will have to leave.Would appreciate input for someone with experience in California tenant laws and/or buying tenant occupied property. 

Just be prepared to hold it for a while until folks can afford to buy / rent again.

When I started to prepare to buy rentals for a long term real estate portfolio for my retirement, I checked the weather maps first.

Your actionable steps in this order: Fix your credit, get out of debt. 

Any tips on things to prepare for the buildings code hearing and then separately for our case against the tenant?

The best part of the deal was the owners covered the closing costs and where able to do a sellers finance credit (I believe thats what its called ) for $5,000.

I will check with my credit union. 

I am starting out with around $50,000 to invest (also great credit score and cosigners if needed) and can probably find some decent homes here in Lexington that I could buy and flip in that price range but not so much in Colorado.

The seller avoids foreclosure and walks away with his credit more or less intact, his mortgage paid off, and $15k in his pocket to start a new life.3.