Wife and I bought a 3 bedroom single family home in Merced CA.

California is expensive!

Visit the location and ask questions to a property manager who will give you honest feedback. 

CA will want to collect the portion of the tax due while the property was in CA. 

My probate expertise is limited to the many THOUSANDS of deals that I’ve done in California since 1978.

Usually, they live out of town and want to narrow their housing options before visiting.

In CA a third party, escrow agent, generally holds the EDM, but at times, the FSBO wants to hold the EDM or is unaware of how to hold the EDM.

Tools were recovered and pest control was terminated.So we are naturally in a very secure area in one of the safest cities in CA.  

Currently living in Los Angeles but I visited San Antonio for the first time in many years, and it definitely seems much more lively and developing than many other places I’ve been to.

It's time, money and stress for everyone involved.Can you visit the jobsite one time and have a face-to-face meeting where you pay him $1000 and sign a note that guarantees he will recieve the final $1000 after completion?