I have a tenant who came by way of a temporary housing agency. 

The core issue is about agency and who the agent represents during the transaction and fiduciary duty.The agent should have given you an agency disclosure form up front stating who the agent represents.Without a contract, the disclosure should have checked off "in the interest of the: [x] Seller as [x] Seller's agent."

@Khang Nguyen - more on Cap Ex vs Current expenses (Canadian) : https://www.canada.ca/en/revenue-agency/services/t...

He owns the Inspector Rob Agency.

So since it is an REO listed with a local realty agency, is it likely that they can take it off and sell it as one of the options that you listed?

Dual agency is legal in New York, and it's sweet for the agent (because the agent can double side the commission), but it's really not the best situation for a buyer and a seller.Dual agency requires you to give up some of the fiduciary duties that an agent owes to you - so you're really getting diminished service by using the seller's agent in the same transaction.At a bare minimum, ask the seller's agent if you can use another agent in his brokerage - that way at least you can keep all of the fiduciary duties intact. 

This was after paying 3 different agencies over a total $5000, writing the IL State's Attorney, BBB and all members of the timeshare corporate office. 

Bill never gave Kevin an Agency Disclosure form nor spoke to Kevin about Dual Agency and any kind of Agency disclosure was never signed.A Contract of Sale was faxed to Kevin from the Seller, let's call him Mike.In June 2017, Kevin reviewed and signed a Contract of Sale as the Purchaser for a Property in Brooklyn, NY and put down close to $400k for the Deposit on Contract (Earnest Money).

However it is one of the ways to make purchases quickly and setup with government agencies for buying liens and receiving payments.

A 10 year agency deal is much cheaper than a 5 year right now, so its kind of counter intuitive from a bank's perspective.