@JJ WilliamsShould speak with an attorney - that’s your best course of action to see what needs to be done:

A default or unethical action could leave you liable.

As far as I know, no state legislature (via statutory action) or county recorder of deeds, in the US, has adopted blockchain as the "solution" for their chain of title.

You are on the website where all of the action is.

.), pertains to a mortgage-style process and necessitates the initiation of a standard civil action within the state court.

None of them are going to make you break even - reconcile yourself to that right now - but you can be close to the action and in a nice development.

Intel is a great example, who is building the largest chip manufacturing plant in the US right here, and it will be a $20 billion dollar investment that brings a few new thousand jobs.https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2022/01/21/intel-ohio-building-computer-chip-factories-licking-county-jersey-township/9173472002/ Another example of economic growth is the upcoming Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Inpatient Hospital which is a 1.9million square foot hospital that will bring over 800 new beds and a thousand new jobs. https://abc6onyourside.com/news/local/new-osu-hospital-expected-to-transform-health-careHere are a few more recent investments https://www.10tv.com/article/money/business/hydrogen-power-company-hyperion-bringing-700-jobs-to-columbus/530-25907aab-5517-4661-a9f3-d2ed2d5be6b0 https://news.wosu.org/news/2022-02-08/rumpke-to-build-50-million-recycling-facility-in-columbus Check out The Complete Guide to the Columbus, Ohio Real Estate Market which goes through the Columbus, Ohio market in depth and will give you a better scope of where the highest levels of growth are taking place and where to look to invest.  

No disrespect but  "Can not make a living" are you talking about MASS foreclosures and then the MASSES doing short sales all over the news and FOX and CNN? 

I had not heard that HELOCs would automatically convert so that would be new news. 

Patterns of bad behavior will always come back to bite you, whether it is yours or just the actions of the bad professional.A bit of a departure - but great post on this @Michael Plaks, this is one that is confused all the time.