Those that do will survive, those that do will get burnt.

I'm saving at least 6 months worth of expenses which will help me to survive while looking for a job there, and I want to gain at least 2 years of experience in my career here.

The purchaser of the property should still be concerned about these liens as those that survive the tax sale process may still make claims against the property. 

Problem with them is, you still need money, I have called a few but put the phone down to rest, either they need you to have the funds to survive for 6 months, closing costs and whole bunch of yada yada, BP advises I do joint ventures with a RE investor a couple of times before returning to them, which is the path I am taking.

Not positive for Texas, but your mortgage should survive any HOA foreclosure. 

Any contract can be assigned so long as not prohibited by law or which does not specify in the contract that it can not be assigned, you usually don't have those issues with a standard RE sale contract.Contracts used in your area have survived the test of time by fire in your area.

We could then do away with Darwin's theory of 'survival of the fittest' as it applies to business. 3.

Presumably 99% of the time it will be a surviving spouse. 

If you do not have much reserves to survive on then you generally do not want to focus on traditional residential sales driving buyers all over creation and expending your resources.

Under-leveraged rentals, purchased wisely can survive anything and still give a decent return.