Are there any tax court cases that make an affirmative judgement that these or similar actions and circumstances would beconsidered self-dealing?

And no one was home so i didn't call the cops because we were on lockdown because of the Coronavirus and no one was injured i was terrified so in my judgement i didn't think it was an emergency.

In my opinion, I think the MSA is too small but i know nothing more than the facts you have stated so use your best judgement. 

Get a judgement in court but you will likely never see that money

I do agree with the other posts that flipping would be a way to generate some capital, but perhaps slow and steady is the race you want to be in.Oh, I'm assuming here that when you say you don't have great credit its NOT because you have judgements against you, debt problems, etc. 

It's not worth the risk to my family.So I guess it comes down to using your best judgement and taking the proper precautions.

What would be the site for public records, to look into liens or if any judgements, etc on the property.Please any information and additional will be helpful!

I won a judgement against the first set of contractors but that’s only the first battle, the second battle is collecting on that judgement.

After you get a judgement, then you can send them to collections.  

In addition, I found that the prior owner has two or three IRS tax judgements (totaling around $10,000) and filed for bankruptcy prior to the foreclosure.