Jokes aside, believe it or not, most people have a moral compass and ethics.

And moral of the story is to know when enough is enough.

If I were to sell the property, and merely not inform the lien holder, I’ve committed no fraud as I made no deceptive declaration.Finally, ethics or morality.  

I would assume their realtor is morally if not legally responsible to see if they have the right to sell it?

We thought all this could be covered by the original quote before running into "hidden damage".In summation or the moral of this story, don't partner with someone who is only looking at his bottom line. 

My wife and I are in a bit of a predicament.

Totally understand that investors are going to be low moral due to recency bias.

@Luis Morales I’d love to hear how you got those and where they’re from.

TJ, such a double edged sword predicament you're in. 

Quote from @Jose Morales: I bought a 110k property in cash last March.