It also requires gaining a level of sophistication and knowledge that not everyone has the time, inclination or ability to do.

Hope you get another better offer :) ya my inclination is to pass on this buyer.. normally my wife handles all the buyers but I am working this one solo.. so she can concentrate on the 12 pre sale contracts she already has..

I'm kind of inclined not to pay it as if he called us like he has in the past as soon as he noticed the issue we could have taken care of it.Any advice would be appreciated.

If that's the case I would be inclined to keep the house. 

Alan Ceshker: I've noticed your posts before and you are not inclined to argue (nor am I), but to simply state your opinion as do I, so no offense taken.

It also requires gaining a level of sophistication and knowledge that not everyone has the time, inclination or ability to do.

Now that I have read multiple posts and received recommendations from others and read BiggerPockets threads, I am inclined to create Entity structure to avoid any property liabilities and get tax advantages using income shifting strategies for my 1099 revenue from small IT LLCThis is what I am thinking and need some inputs from others on this channel.

However, it's possible that potential bidders at the auction might be less inclined to bid aggressively, knowing that the lien holder could step in, match their bid, and take the property.

@Kenneth Soles First off, I have *no experience* here, so I recommend against listening to me ; >  With that out of the way, my inclination would be to have a lawyer do the contact.  

It's actually very feasible to manage your own MTRs if you're inclined to do so and, thankfully, there are now loads of resources to help you do just that from PMS software to leasing, background check and payment integrations.