You have the knowledge, capital and or experience to have a good chance at success2.

Also, filing the BK eliminates any chance of you financing a loan to pay the 1st so, whoever gave you that advice, run from it.1079 making this "not a quick flip" is not relevant to anything whatsoever...so ignore that comment and anything else that person said in his post.There is not enough meat on the bone for a hard money lender in my opinion and if you are facing sale in two weeks, they are your only option if you don't have a 401K or IRA you can tap into or other access to funds.

I took a chance and rented to both of them.

I never gave Charter Financial a chance.

A trust is a more expensive route to go administratively (mostly amount of headache), but there's a good chance you don't really need an LLC anyway as you may not get the limited liability aspect depending on how you operate the properties.

I see buyers getting surprised by this often when buying older buildings.The more time you give an agent to quote the better the chances of getting a competitive rate - a lot of buyers start calling agents when they are going to close and want it NOW NOW NOW> you will pay more this way.Give the insurance agent a week or two to shop the rate and get the agent accurate documentation proving the age of updates to the roof, electrical, plumbing, hvac, etc and good photos of the property to allow them to sell the property to underwriting.A lot of people don't realize two sales are made for an insurance policy - one to underwriting and one to the person buying the policy.

They also said that there is a chance the stain can let off harmful chemicals in the future with a change in temperature. 

Fewer investors are looking which means your competing with fewer people and you have a better chance of buying an appropriately priced property.

What do you think my chances are in court?

You’ll get a lot of agents that tell you they can help you, but your chance of succeeding is low unfortunately.