How can the landlord protect themselves from being taken advantage of?

Look at Networth Realty and New West realty as they are the big players in wholesaling.

I figured 125000 to protect us which puts us at 500000.

This can help protect you against frivolous lawsuits that are prevalent is CA.

Got an entire week off work to start the ball rolling on some key players.

The Home Inspector is biased towards their client and protecting their interests.  

:)Here's an article by auction.com on Due Diligence with foreclosure properties: http://www.auction.com/blog/due-diligence-10-steps...I've found that people facing an auction often are conditioned to be protective and usually are desperate (how can you blame them) so they'll do what they can to cure the default or reach an agreement with the lender at the 11th hour.

She sounds like she's running and is a player.  

I am not familiar with any process to protect oneself against this.

Tenant B) may be difficult and insist that it was never explicitly stated that the filter of the hot tub was included in items needing cleaning.Over 50% of my experience in property management is in NYC, where tenants are both protected and quick to sue.