Anyone work Visalia,CA ?

I just got back from a fun weekend where I got to hang out with some of my favorites investor/friends. Not only are they amazing investors with 8+ figures in net worth,(one has incredible experience and skill in curative acquisitions ) but they are also incredibly generous & lovely human beings. Our topics for discussion revolved around how we have all witnessed so much over the last few decades & to try to distill some wisdom from what we observed & personally experienced. We discussed a wide spectrum of topics: market cycles, investor psychology & mindset, unpacking why we think some have thrived, why some people we know quit investing & everything in between. I'll be fine tuning my notes & share some thoughts at out next Happy Hour. I hope you can join!

https://www.secounselors.com/about-the-society/sec-bookstore/ Some of these books will twist your brain on how transactions can be engineered.

Peter Fortunato is teaching a SPECIAL One Day Class at NCE - National Council of Exchangors - Fall Conference In Las Vegas on THIS COMING Monday 10-19-26. He rarely teaches the use of real estate acquistions and dispositions along with exchange concepts in this type of setting. Become a Better Real Estate problem solver and do not miss this RARE opportunity to Listen and Learn from Master Dealmaker Peter Fortunato. It almost FULL and Seating is LIMITED- at $250.00 per person. For more Details or to Register: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSciIpN86Cihn68AU4CsvTZ4CAcaMeVvOPFntModjWCVFXWRLg/viewform?usp=publish-editor

Question for @Ellis San Jose and anyone in CA running large spreads ($100K–$200K+) on probate / curative title deals: Have you ever had a judge actually contest or rework the final distribution because of what you paid the heirs? Context: acquiring heir interests at a steep discount, professional fiduciary as administrator, consents in hand. I know the court can review consideration at distribution and — depending on the judge — call it insufficient and rework the deal. I’m trying to separate theory from what’s actually happening in the field. Specifically: - Has a judge ever reversed, reduced, or forced you to pay more at distribution? Which county? - What spreads are consistently getting approved vs. drawing scrutiny? - What structures have kept it clean — deeds signed over upfront, back-end estate sale (cash in the estate, then assignments), something else? - Any judges or counties you now plan around?