Okay so now he's having some trouble again and wanting to come over and discuss how to ensure my wife and I retain the land, we don't have enough money to buy it for cash, or loan, for market value nor a reduced cost for work done already.

Straight off the MLS vs off-market, finding a seller on your own before it's officially for sale.The MLS is the multiple listing service, where an agent/broker/realtor has been retained by a seller. 

I call BS on their entire operation AND yes I have considerable and extensive experience at the fund level and SEC compliance, I have been retained by several funds in a managing capacity.

Can I retain one of them as a backup, in case the selected one does not go through the next steps.

The lawyer was paid his retainer to start the foreclosure process. 

Or pull out a loan for less and retain more equity in the house? 

This would avoid having to pay taxes on any capital gains since you are using the condo as an investment property, and you would retain the asset which someone else (your tenant) is paying down the loan balance. 

According to TRADA VI attorney Todd Prins, a bankruptcy attorney Jim Wilkins at 210-271-9212 (San Antonio) has been retained.

I always see people mention when putting under contract to assign how do you not put any deposit down, I would think most people would naturally want a deposit, and it would be hard to convince them otherwise.Also, what have you done when you can't find an end buyer and there is no deposit.My purchase sales agreement states this: Default & Timing: If Buyer fails to perform, Seller’s exclusive remedy is to retain the earnest money as full liquidated damages.

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