Of course during the sale of the property, the owner said all tenants pay on time, etc. but he revealed at closing that one of the tenants had not paid for that month.As written in the lease she signed with the previous owner, there can be a late fee assessed for this late rent.

In Ca, escrow does not report commissions, that is not our role, it is the responsibility of the employing broker.

As Jay suggests, the preliminary title work should then have revealed the liens.

Anyone know of a great title search product that lets you pay a monthly or annual fee, instead of per report of view?

Here's a bit dated resource but there is some good information in here on costs across the country on new construction: http://www.mnhousing.gov/get/MHFA_1016268  Costs in general are up from since this report was completed. 

We handle everything from project scope, estimates, contracts, progress reporting and documentation utilizing our back office platform.

(This was reported in this forum several months ago and in the Chattel Finance Newsletter as well. 

Check all three of your credit bureau reports and dispute anything you don't recognize. 

Separate from the CA form 568 for Franchise Tax, California has its own equivalent of UBIT that applies to tax-exempt entities and a form 109 is used to report.

From the owner directly with a copy of their statement or from their credit report (Assuming it's not charged off or subject to BK) and both methods require cooperation from the borrower and, at least one method puts you into tremendous legal trouble if you obtain their credit information without permissible use to do so (Like buying someone's credit report on line)?