Look up the California equivalent of the Board for Contractors on the State website, drill down to the requirements and rules, and see what issues you can include in a complaint.I will say that some AHJ's don't have the resources or time to pursue contractors but you may be able to give the GC a few headaches along the way. 

Time and energy are valuable commodities so if you don't have the desire to do hands-on rehab work or manage properties, vet tenants, handle maintenance issues etc, then self-managing or flipping may not be for you.

And certain landscaping issues are hard to do in winter too.  

There are also other investment factors, appreciation and tax relief, depreciation and at the time of sale the recapture of depreciation, you don'y have these issues with other securities portfolios. 

So my question is, what should I do proactively in case there is an issue.

Hi, I always seem to have trouble with @mentions.  On my desktop, I type @+ first few letters of the person's name and their name pops up, however when I try to click that name, or hit enter, it never publishes it as ...

I knew I would have to start building a list of potential buyers in my area so I have been posting to Craigslist and have since started to acquire a list of buyers who want/need seller financing (20+ people).The issue is, I have since decided to not buy the course (because I think it's another Guru scam) and now I have a growing list of people wanting/needing seller financing in the Morgantown West Virginia area.

Capital is not much of an issue.

Even though the mortgage interest deduction gets SEVERELY reduced in my income tax bracket, I'm still ok with that amount of leverage.Also the opportunity cost of possibly buying another property with some of that down payment money.Cash to buy multiple properties will not be an issue for me.  

She had checked out good, job & credit wise, but had personal issues that you can't screen for.