You can look them up on your county site: foreclosures, divorce, death, auction, tax liens.

That being said, there would still be income tax liabilities due to withdrawing from the retirement account after 59.5, and a lump sum withdrawal like that would probably lead to being taxed at the highest marginal tax bracket due to it being 1.5MM (this was not mentioned in the recommendations).

I don't include any "tax benefits" in cash flow calculations.2.

Probably,because they need to get their tax dollars. 

Here is a site LA county site for the Tax Auctions:  https://ttc.lacounty.gov/schedule-of-upcoming-auctions/HTHS

I've done both - the land lawyer was a huge waste of finances and the elected officials deferred back to the planner.

So the monthly rent payments received will not cover mortgage payments, insurance, property taxes, repairs, maintenance, etc, and to avoid default the owner will be required to “come out of pocket” for the negative difference. 

Also, you don't want to lose the tax free gain on sale. 

The wife did his tax return in 2018 Gross $120k.

For primary residences, lenders typically don't require PITI (Principal, Interest, Taxes, and Insurance) reserves beyond the down payment and closing costs.