Instead, and this rarely happens for me, I took a deep breath and decided to get rid of this problem the right way.

You know that feeling when you get off the phone with a lender that just recommended you have an AIA contract in place, and you you nod and say, "that shouldn't be difficult," but deep down you're like WTF is an AIA contract?? 

Potential tenants wanted the unit - wanted to give me the cash now for a deposit (major red flag #1).

I believe the law only requires you to send notification to the last known address which would likely be your property and from there on, the IRS would catch the red flag and go after them.

The apartment market is red hot right now!

Knowing Orange is quite a distance from the ocean, when the listing mentioned ocean views, a red flag went up.

I've read that hand writing is best, red ink, yellow letters, hand stamped, and card envelopes as opposed to #10 letter.

I once looked at a 20 unit for 200k down there but didnt get the chance it was gone too fast;) I like the deep south for investing its still cheaper then the east and west coast but is still growing and has great roi.

I considered turning my house in Redding, CA into one for groups.

Deep, throbbing pain!