Put it under contract and go to your local investors club.

The way I understand it, under LA city rent control notice to vacate can be given to an existing tenant to move out only if the owner (or related family member) intends to occupy the unit.  

@Nick Religa You almost always have to have the property under contract to view it, which means submitting your EMD...don't be afraid of that, you have 10 days (inspection period) to cancel (technically 20 days) and receive your EMD back!

If they own several they are obviously investors.Once you get a response from the seller of the vacant house, negotiate a deal to buy it for all cash and get it under contract.

I've been snooping around this website for around 1 and a half years and feel its time to start asking some questions that pertain to the goals I desire to shape towards being successful in Real Estate Investing.One of my goals is to earn my Real Estate License this year and to under go training through Keller Williams.

I hope one can understand and relate to the passion and desire of a newbie and take me under their wing :)   

I have a couple deals under my belt currently, but still working on my processes and figuring out how to grow into a large scale operation.

I've been investing in real estate for a couple years now and have got 5 properties under my belt. 

Hello I have a quick question, I have a property that I have under a lease purchase.

Office buildings...Would it be good for fast food or bank where you could land lease them the property and they would develop it and your colleague would just sit back and collect check.As you can see there are a bunch of scenarios you can throw out there but it all starts with the zoning of the property and what is allowed under current zoning laws unless you wanted to go through a zoning variance proceeding.