What type of return they are satisfied with. 

Probate may be one part of your market but may not offer karge enough margins to satisfy you and the investor.

So depending on your financial situation it may be more beneficial to use the available cash in the HELOC for a purchase or close it out entirely to satisfy debt-to-income for a better rate or loan at all.Also every, refinance has associated costs. 

You also need to have roughly 10%-20% of the loan balance available in liquid form AFTER you close in order to satisfy Lenders' liquidity requirements.

Because the house was owner-occupied (he lived in the house), and he satisfied the 2-year HUD requirement, he didn't have to count the profit on the investment as taxable income.

That said, I am completely satisfied with where we are today, so I wouldn't change a thing. 

Would it be possible for him and I to put our names on the deed or lien, and the requirements of the FHA loan would be satisfied if either of us is living in one of the units? 

In the end, the judgement was paid and satisfied by Quality Foundation and Plumbing.  

So if your client's interest is selling their property quickly and you can satisfy that interest with a cash buyer, regardless of the price, I don't see how that could be looked at as unethical.On the other side of the coin, if your clients interest is to get the most money from the of their property as they can (as a licensed RE agent with your clients interest before your own) most likely it would be listed on the MLS.I am curious to here what others here have to say!!

Also, as was said above, pay very close attention to the break out schedule (how much of the loan would need to be satisfied to sell 1 property off.