Sounds like a good negotiating tool if you run into one of those whackos. Hey, your place is going to be worthless in a few years once the Oceans rises up 10 feet. Why not sell it to me before it is too. I'll take this nightmare off your hands.
I was thinking along those exact lines...;^)
I suspect that in San Fransicko, you couldn't swing a dead cat without hitting one of those whackos.