Wait for it to go through to be tax forfeited?  

If the application falls thru because of untimely or the lack of cooperation from the tenant, or any other wrong doing, I forfeit the holding deposit.

As per our lease agreement, they forfeit the security deposit if they don't complete the term of the lease.

It is better to secure a tenant at a lower rental than forfeit a full rental each month.

Also, state that if they are ever late with a rent payment, they are subject to forfeiting the rent credit.

Get 2 old tenants to sign a form forfeiting reimbursement of security deposit from landlord.  

Just as we're gearing up to settle, we get a call from our title attorney telling us that the seller hasn't filed taxes in 6 years, and as a result his LLC was forfeited.

Hi Todd, typically the seller will forfeit the tenant's security deposit with each sale.Best of luck!

If taxes are offered for sale and no one bids on them they are deemed "forfeited."

And on a lot of REO sales I've dealt with, even though you fill out your own offer, even if they accept the price, they'll send their own multi-page contract that limits almost any responsibilities on their part and sometimes includes language that you pay costs usually associated with the seller side if allowed (like balance on HOA fees or transfer taxes where you can choose between buyer and seller) or language that you forfeit deposit if you don't close for any reason?