Hey Everyone,   I am getting ready to close on my first deal Monday and have been reading about how to handle the tenants security deposits i will be receiving.

If you're on a budget I'd consider the old part of Elk Grove or Oak park (for our purposes Oak Park = Oakland...nice downtown, near the grid, but still a long way to go).Not familiar with Costa Hawkins, but Sac Business Journal and other local publications interview county decision makers who, at least publicly, say rent control is not a likely option. 

I would have contacted the tenant and told her to check her purse, that the security footage in the store shows her picking up the rent you assume inadvertently.

If I sell a product or multiple products to a 5013c non profit organization and they aggressively ask for my Social Security number for “tax purposes” is this normal?

After discussing this situation with them, we asked for a double security deposit, which they agreed to, and signed a lease.

@Matthew Michels - The answer to your question doesn't change just because you don't like the answer.I'm not arguing the merits of using an agent versus going it alone - you stated you already have an agent.Another thing I meant to add - the answer to many of your questions may very well already be in the MLS - there are entire sections of MLS listings that are not accessible to the public. 

I’m not willing to put an offer in on the sole basis of a public MLS listing, so I was thinking of asking for a P&L statement and some further information on the current leases and recent capital expenses before committing anything.

Buying the tax certificate gives you No advantage in eventually owning the property.....it would later have to go to a Public tax deed auction, after you paid off All of the other outstanding certificates, probably 10 times your initial verticals purchase amount, then you’re still bidding against everyone else, less the credit for what you already have out of pocket.

And get a securities lawyer to make it legal.

The voters of Seattle voted down twice a bond to fund a stadium for $1billion dollars and the city built it anyway out of public money.