I have never had a tenant contest what  we charge against Security Deposits, but most of our units come back in good shape as we screen well and are fair about SD deductions.

.- use the attorney at title and add it to the HUD-1We use a clause in the note that waives the right to defend a foreclosure in default, so the property returns to the seller without contest (varies from state to state I imagine)We also pay the sellers closing costsAll of this stuff is negotiable...you can always push things with these...like lower the down payment and have the buyer pay all your clients fees and your commission, etc.Give me a shout if you want to chat more about this topic.

If you want to try to contest it, give it a shot.

Could be 90 days, but with no contest, it shouldn’t take very long.

It could take 2 months, 6 months or years if contested.

If you saw the will it may not be the real one or it may be an older one or it may be a contested one or it may be imaginary or he might not even be the son of the deceased person. 

They should have contested a line item then as we had done when security deposits and commission to the buyers agent was not listed. 

The contest format seems to work well. 

One big pissing contest...Bottom line is that nobody wants to see their portfolio down 40 or 50 percent, even if they represent only paper losses.

The absence of a lease didn't hurt us in that situation, although as I read, tenants rarely contest evictions.