If you truly gave them your best offer, and they didn't bite and are 100% opposed to holding any type of paper, you need to appeal to the emotional side as opposed to the analytical.  

There was another method you can use Being that you are dealing with criminals you may wanna see about your local police station serving the paperwork ( oddly enough many do this for a nominal fee) because this will really upset these guys if they see somebody that’s in law-enforcement coming out to the house and serving the papers. it will make them very nervous and they may want to leave altogether or comply

If there is any paper trail whatsoever, to be safe, you should not just take it without confirming its considered abandoned.

I think your problem is been too cheap, stop looking at the numbers on paper and buy something nice.

I see way too many Israeli, Australian, Chinese, and Cali investors get taken to the cleaners by stuff that looks good on paper. 

He explained to me that the paper copy quotes he gave me included the $1k deductible, but the insurance company’s policy is to have a minimum $2k deductible on properties in that location.

Great way to shuffle paper and make money out of thin air :)I think the most critical part of this puzzle is the appraisal after the rehab.

Sure in theory the owner just signs a piece of paper saying you can take over ownership and he'll just up and walk away, as long as you pinky promise to pay the mortgage every month, but I guarantee you that there will be more unexpected hurdles coming. 

Tomorrow will be 2 weeks since we turned in our sec 8 tenant request papers at the Sec 8 office.

The day after we get an inquiry from someone who on paper blows this person out the water, far more qualified.