Private money bet on the horse not the jockey.   

If you've got asbestos in the wallboard compound, all bets are off.

Below is the post from 101 Surf Sports in San Rafael, where we call home.This past Sunday March 8th the San Rafael Canal saw over 50 paddlers take to the water in an effort to clean up this jewel of a water way.

Making it difficult for them to enter the house and consistent annual inspections are your best bets.

That might be your best bet. 

And the answer for that is really simple for anyone somewhat familiar with data/statistical analysis (As many more people are due to its prevalence in professional sports now).

If you and the seller can't have a meeting of minds in the middle, great you move onto the next one.FHA on MFR, especially with our older housing stock in the Bay Area, it's a giant unknown if you can even get the property until the appraisal is back.More generally your best bet for using FHA to buy a MFR in the Bay Area will be to go find something off market where you aren't in competition with multiple other buyers putting 30% down, etc.

If you want to give a W-9, you bet they will charge you double, and you will be  shock.

If they're not paying their taxes either, it's a good bet the financing is in default also, though this is not always the case.Really, anything on the foreclosure timeline up to about 60 days prior to the auction would be good, I think.

At first I was sure that investing in White Plains would be s sure fire bet, however after realizing that the city has one of the highest tax rates in the state, I am no longer 100% certain.