Judge awarded tenant $70,000 and ruled that the tenant shouldn't have been charged rent since the unit was illegal (not up to current safety or fire code) and didn't give the landlord a chance to remediate the unit. 

www.costar.com/article/249461865/jury-finds-brokers-conspire...A jury in Kansas City awarded almost $1.8 billion in reimbursements to Missouri home sellers who accused the National Association of Realtors and some residential real estate brokerages of unnecessarily driving up the cost of home sales because of their long-running practice of buyer and seller agents splitting commissions.The more than $1.78 billion awarded by the jury will be trebled, or effectively tripled, so the damages total almost $5.4 billion, pending appeals.

Jury Finds Brokers Conspired To Inflate Commissions, Awards Missouri Home Sellers Almost $1.8 Billion

In my state, I would go to court to have the place declared abandoned and be awarded possession thereby eliminating this risk.

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Before, I get to the update, here is my original post:Recently I came across a deal that we previously offered on, but was awarded to another buyer.

That made sense once I realized they don't award the key. thanks for the insight.

There is always the Costar awards for volume etc that you can look through to find the people doing the most business. 

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You wouldn’t just be awarded a property when their are lien holders in place that have rights, right?