Its not whether its legal or not, its all about how much it costs to defend yourself in court..

Laws vary, and since you aren't sure of the ones that apply in your situation, find out before you take an action that a court could take issue with if the previous owners filed a complaint or lawsuit.

My question is if I can legally pay some money to the seller outside of closing so the reported sale price that goes to the court house is less.

In short, here is the way the court looks at it: if it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, its a duck...so act like a duck!

then lots of time and money, and never ending court battles.

I call property managers, check ads (and occasionally will cold call a few of them), reach out to REI clubs in that area, check the public records (in some areas), collect the data via rental applications (if I already have a deal at least under contract), chat with some of the staff in the local HUD office, court records (especially eviction related dockets), etc.Additionally, you'd probably be surprised how many times I've been able to glean a golden nugget or 2 while chatting with some people at Home Depot.

This will make sure that he doesn't have any grounds to win in court.

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In most cases, courts have simply stated that an impaired activity is a major life activity.

Just remember to have a lawyer handy, just in case an eviction is necessary, or worse, you wind-up with the tenant-buyer "from hell", and they tie up your property in court for months (via a lengthy eviction or worse, a foreclosure action may be needed by you!