What is the alternative here, to just sell the lot?

I like to collect quite a bit of data on owners (family members, alternative addresses, deceased info, BKs and judgements, etc.) when I skip trace.

An alternative might be a 1 or 2% closing cost concession.   

All PG&E, SDG&E, SCE, and community choice aggregation residential customers — except for California Alternate Rates for Energy, or CARE, and Family Electric Rate Assistance or FERA, customers — will have to pay this tax, and it cannot be reduced or avoided, no matter how little energy a household uses.

It makes sense that they're hard to find because most owners go the STR route, but long term leasing might be a reasonable alternative too.    

Having to pay more for what is ours seems unfair.. but its better than the alternative.

It seems evident that this tenant can no longer afford an apartment like this, so this would give them a time to come up with a plan to find an alternative.

I've never heard of a "cash for keys" option as they stated above but it does sounds like the best alternative than waiting for a court date.

It’s an alternative, and not necessarily a good one, to capital call or foreclosure.I think that as a community we need to hold all syndicators accountable to outcomes for investors, yes, but also we need to be practical about what the right thing to do is.A few syndications have handed the keys back, for nearly total wipeouts.

But in my opinion, it is a much better alternative.