Sometimes I will ask if they can help with financing, but I am not too pushy.Getting the right deal that makes money is like courting a lady, take it slow and easily. 

Originally posted by Jeff Beard:See you are in California too, and you need to look up and understand Community Property law in this state.Regardless of how the the title is registered, whatever the husband owns, the wife has 50% interest in and conversely, so your goal dies before you get started with this attempt.That's probably 100% spot on for divorce court,  but not for mortgages in our state.

This would appear to indicate that the institutions are becoming a much larger share of the total bidders. 

Perhaps driving for dollars and making a bunch of offers on properties close to your home (those that appear to be distressed) would be your best option? 

Redfin offers a free service that will notify you of new listings as they appear, and let you know when bookmarked "Favorite" properties go Pending, and their eventual sale price.

She vacated the apartment rather than be hauled into court (hooray!).  

It has been ruled not suspicious.The charges will now be sorted out by the courts and penalties range from $2,000 to $50,000 for individuals.

All of this case law could be applied (at the Federal level) in considering what constitutes an unacceptable delinquency rate for loans made on primary residences if the courts agree.Any operator, no matter how small, should be prepared to defend their delinquency rates, and to work smarter and more effectively at decreasing them.

To my understanding in real estate law  a person cannot stop paying arbitrarily because of issues  if they are residing in the property they still should pay in lieu of findings from a court etc  if they have not paid you  for your monthly rent  then your recourse is to evict them . of course going to the legal process which unfortunately take some time  if you  PM me  I will send you the statue that you can show to them that hopefully  causes them to continually pay  it would be different if you were a  bad landlord and wasn't trying to take care of the property  they should see that you are remedy the situation it sounds to me that they are just trying to take advantage of the situation or honestly believe that they are in the right

It seems to me, he use to advocate tied performance and rent credits - though not to the degree of many (there are a couple of websites out there advertising "passive" Rent-to-Own: you put up the money, they find the property and lessee / buyer - where the agreements appear to be tied.We do not have the equivalent of Dodd-Frank and the Safe Act here ... yet ... but do not be surprised if we follow the lead.