You might have to bring money out of pocket to the settlement table to close the sale of your home.

Unless their settlement specifically states support will continue during college you should not count on it. 

I sent the settlement letter and invoice to general delivery (no fwd addresss, of course) and a copy to the section 8 office.  

That way they can't take your settlement and sue you for more. 

It has only one contingency in it (subject to making a profit before settlement), I also us a Skinny Hybrid offer that has been a great closer for me (it makes the seller a limited partner related to profits).I'd say keep it simple, know your comps, understand you percentage margin for profit, make offers and do it often.

The house will rent with no problem.The seller will do a delayed settlement for 5 years subject to the existing mortgage.The seller will be relieved of the mortgage payment and the buyer (delayed settlement buyer with equity interest) will benefit from cash flow a reduction of the mortgage.So these deals are out there if you are looking and understand how to write the offer..

When there are serious problems with the homes, victims can be required to sign confidentiality agreements to keep them quiet in a settlement after they have been compensated, as happened in Ms.

The plus of getting a court settlement, if they chose to not pay and you do not garnish, is that at some time in the future if they ever want to purchase anything on payments they will be calling you to pay up and clear their credit.Bottom line you need to be rid of these tenants. 

Just the fact that you can get to a jury of your “peers” (who most likely will hate you as a landlord) and avoid summary judgment often drives up the settlement value of a case.

It's only when someone is looking for huge settlement that exceeds your policy limits that they start to go after assets.