I have access to the clerk of court records and looked under lis pendis and nothing there either.

I have MLS access which doesn't have much on there and some local commercial sites which don't have much on there either.

It seems as though restrictive endorsements are legitimate claims.

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How typical is it for a HOA to place restrictions on the number of units (townhomes, not condos) to be rented vs. to be used as primary residence?

Make friends with a title officer and they will give you access to systems that let's you pull any document you want.If you have MLS access, the ones in California come with a First American product called Realist that gives you basic ownership info for free.

With that number of people in the townhome, are they violating county occupancy restrictions?

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If you are wholesaling an reo of mls and it has deed restrictions can you still get away with doing a quit claim deed?

Some are so restrictive development is not possible.