This is the chance for current tenants to point out things that are broken (a fresh start for them, unless seller has a checklist at move in), and this gives you a chance to show the condition of the unit upon purchase and prevent further damage that you will end up paying. 

. :) HOAs cannot legally prevent a homeowner going solar.

I like to go to the California Association of Realtors and buy their forms to use, it can prevent a lot of problems, and if you go to court over something using their forms will only work to your advantage.also, I always try to get a pest inspection before I buy if I can, because your going to need one to sell the house.

I can imagine from time to time you'd have to wait a bit to pay down the helocs in order to reuse them again but I believe it prevents the issue with getting mortgages. 

I don't recall the exact language right now and I don't know what would have happened if I ever got into the situation of having to enforce it in court, but the lease option contract that my lawyer created for me has some verbage about situations that would prevent the lessor from being available at the time of closing on the purchase - such as incarceration or death.

My purchase option just prevents them from selling to someone else during that time and locks in my price when I do purchase.

. • Followed by Terms of Sale, • Instrument to be Foreclosed, • Appointment of Substitute Trustee, • Obligation Secured, it says Deed of Trust or Contract Lien executed by (name), securing the payment of the indebtedness in the original principal amount of $XXX.XX, and obligations therein described including but not limited to the promissory note My questions is if the amount listed under the obligation secured is the minimum dollar amount to offer a seller in order to prevent the property to foreclose?

It may or may not have prevented this situation, but we won’t make that mistake again.

I've decided to chop it up as a loss but figured i drop my story on here and see what everyone suggest i do and maybe a system i can report these individuals too in order to prevent other landlords from coming across these same types of tenants.

It may prevent people from leasing or buying.