I stepped away from the forums for a few days to work on real deals.Re-reading this thread and your posts in particular, I think your biggest challenge is that you automatically get associated with all the other would-be real estate people.Part of the problem is your message.

My selling point to go with the conventional was the premium for PMI is nearly $100 less then the FHA and after the 20% loan to value is reached it automatically drops.

The question I have is was the estate put through probate or was the house in a trust where the family members automatically obtained ownership?

The main issue you want to avoid is violating the automatic stay of bankruptcy.

The only reason that direct MLS access could make sense for me is that I could probably write some software to flag deals automatically based on some algorithms that I could come up with (such as 1% rule, 50% rule, discount to AVM value etc.)

I could be wrong on this but thats almost my automatic assumption on a smaller park  on septic and well.  

Think about it like playing the guitar, or any instrument, you are not going to be able to just pick it up and automatically be able to play whatever you want. 

I use 4% automatic escalation in my lease and point it out so when a year goes by your tenant will recall the lease agreement.

You'll notice that property taxes are automatically calculated based on millage rates for owner occupied vs. non-owner occupied rentals.Hope this helps!

If I am not sure I want to keep a tenant after the one year is up, I often let the Lease automatically default to month to month (at month 13) so I have greater flexibility.