While these policies are good political theater, most reasonable people acknowledge they are not beneficial to tenants or landlords in the long term.While these regulations present additional risk that need to be accounted for when conducting your due diligence, to me the fundamentals of investing real estate continue to look good long term. 

Avoid or ameliorate the impairment of the distressed homeowner’s credit resulting from the recording of a notice of trustee sale, the filing of a petition to foreclose, or the conduct of a foreclosure sale;ix.

My question to you all is what do I need to know about my area and where can I conduct my research in the next year to be able to buy with absolute confidence in Jan. 2018?

Most sellers with any legitimate experience will not expect buyers to conduct due diligence and close in 10 days plus 1 on 96 assets.

The latter will hold your hand (in a consultative manner) and help you conduct all your due diligence.Keep things in perspective: the turnkey model is nothing new and has been around for a very long time.

I came across “Real” brokerage that advertises you have the ability to conduct business in multiple states as long as you have a valid license in one of the states they have a brokerage license (FL & PA are both on their list).

On top of that, they conducted business with an AOL email address.

If he has to move and suggests he will trash the place, give him a 24-hour notice to enter every two weeks with the excuse you are going to do some repairs...find something simple you can do like caulk around shower enclosure and do it meanwhile conducting a visual inspection to see if he is causing damage. 

Nick is considered to be conducting business in California on behalf of the Nevada LLC.

If you are new to buying at trustee sales I recommend studying a bit and learning how to conduct due diligence with regard to lien position, IRS liens, property taxes, title issues etc.