I am searching foreclosed properties and located one that is being foreclosed by an HOA and the final judgement is $8000.  

@Christopher Telles@Wayne BrooksAs a close out to this post I thought I'd update the outcome for anyone else venturing in to read.1-Found out that yes in the diagram above this is all about the road into the property with the homes adjoining onto the road.2-There was some kind of fall out prior to the new and last deed (#3) that resulted in some sort of judicial judgement - (foreclosure or threatened thereof by another party, with the owners wife retaining the property (road).)3-The deed from the wife (now deceased) was done back in 1995 to 2 individuals.4-The easement is still in the wife's name and the property appraisers office has the deceased wife as the owner.I talked to the clerk the court on the phone about all of this and she was quite helpful. :) I'm finding these conversations with the appraisers, deed, and tax offices to be of great help and the people so far have been more than willing to help out.So the clerk saw what I did in the public records, notwithstanding having a title search done, that the differences I suppose could be looked at in "ownership" was the fact that the property (road) was deeded to these other individuals back in 1995 but the appraisers office does not recognize them as owners rather the wife whose husband willed it to her.

can someone help me understand the judgement/cost due?

If you won, you could certainly get a judgement against the landlord, and if she has income or assets, you should be able to collect.

The total judgement order is $60,000.The owner gave me a document dated August 17, 2005 stating that the outstanding balance is $43,000.My question is, can I work with the sellers to pay off the $43,000 or is $60,000 going to be definite minimum required amount now?

In 25+ years, I have never had a tenant challenge a deduction in court.....many whine about it thoughGetting damages in excess of the deposit in Texas is fruitless as we have no garnishment and judgements are nearly impossible to collectUsing tile or laminate alleviates the issue

Attourneys can only go after equity, and it has to be a lot of equity like 50 or 60k because even if they get a judgement they still have to foreclose and pay off the mortgage.  

As a Realtor whether we can say if the area is depressed is a judgement call, and in making that judgement call will often lead to an assertion of a fair housing violation.  

Filed legal actions until I got judgement.

The agent informed me that if a tenant destroy's your rental take them to court get the judgement and then you can make a claim against their policy.