Not sure where you are in your U.S. investment journey but good news, many lenders will only require a 30% downpayment for foreign nationals, 25% in exceptional cases.

The good news is that you're open to changing your mindset.

You are always responsible for your own actions.

The good news is that rents are high and climbing which supports a lot of the current properties but not some of what people are asking as @Jeff Rappaport has indicated as well. 

Waiting on seller confirmation to sign that (crucial part I expect hah)Some good news, got the inspector back to finish the job, and contractors for plumbing, HVAC and framing to come in today and I am waiting to hear back what sort of work needs to be done. 

It might depend on if owner died prior to the redemption period was over and possibly if prior to your quite title action  

We are considering looking for a new agent simply because the property hasn’t sold and this seems to be the only action that’s in our control.What do you guys think?

More to watch for sure. https://www.delmartimes.net/news/story/2024-05-04/del-mar-fo...

But, if you have clear evidence that fraud was committed, you may have legal action against GP, but this is typically hard to prove, and likely going to be costly for you to pursue, and if the deal is already failing, there likely isn't much of anything left to collect anyways.

The good news is that you can put it in airbnb and such for 45 days and it would be fine, legal and before 2020 the most asked about "short terms" where for three to six months.