The owner was motivated due to personal circumstances and wanted to avoid the hassle of listing the property publicly.

You can usually request this from a title company or look into public records in your county’s clerk or recorder’s office.If you’re not sure how to navigate this, contacting the auction house or a real estate attorney familiar with foreclosure auctions can help ensure there aren’t surprises.

And yes, over leveraging a Subto and using "gator" lenders is not only bad practice, but it's going to lead to law suits.He is wrong on so many levels that I have posted extensively on it and it gets boring.

However, I do have a lender that can conduct an entity transfer with a commercial loan from 2 units and up.

What we've learned is that Sec 8 residents would usually stay longer than a non-Sec-8 resident.

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?

Yes, I'm a lender, but we have an arm that's been investing for close to 20 years now.

Assume an FHA loan to non-occupy and use for rental real estate.... 

Just because you haven't heard from the Lender, A.G., FTC, FBI for the last couple of years doesn't mean you are "in the clear".

Did you work with any real estate professionals (agents, lenders, etc.) that you'd recommend to others?