I think one the of best ways to attempt getting some, most or all of your money out of a purchase is by adding value to a property.

Buy the right house with land you can't modify if it's inadequate seems bad to me.

This would hopefully still leave my with most or all of the original amount I received for my current property.

The furnaces work on both but the A/C units are inadequate.

He could stop paying HIS mortgage and cause the home to go into foreclosure or all sorts of other scenarios.  

Years later, after accumulating a patina of filth, tobacco tar, or cooking grease, the ceiling was painted in latex paint, incompetently, with inadequate or no cleaning and of course no primer to speak of.

@Kevin Zolea i was thinking the same type of thing - or find a private lender who will lend most or all of the 80k until you can refinance it (likely 3-6 months after purchase)  @Kevin Roth would something like that work for you?  

Much like the price of a burger accounts for the costs to make that burger (and make a profit or walk away with a desired net amount).For me, I'm not buying (as I typically am most or all of the closing costs when buying properties off-market) or selling a property without accounting for these costs (hence, I believe these costs indirectly impact the market value of a home).Then without these costs, would value prices be higher or lower then they currently are?

You have many options, so my recommendation would be to just act (choose 1, 2, or all 3).

Depending on the state where you live, there may be ways to protect some or all of your personal assets from these types of claims.In some states, you can put assets into a trust that is protected from creditors, though you must typically do these years before there are actual unpaid debts or judgments.