Quote from @Jay Thomas: @John Clark already did but the lien will fall off during forclusure.Once the foreclosure has gone through and the sale confirmed, you should be able to get the money back from the seller’s agent because the contract will be impossible to perform.

Hey Let start Our MasterMind take action in Miami.Simply gather knowledge and experience put it together to empower the group to buy right,  manage it, and  hold or Sale. 

At settlement what is sold is the beneficial interest in the trust rather than the property itself.On paper the lender just sees a common estate planning tactic rather than a sale of the property.

Also happy to assist others with their sales and acquisitions. 

His typical sale is probably for about $1,000,000 which is way more than I typically pay for my investment properties.

--------In Kansas, the waiting period for a successful bidder to receive a Sheriff's deed after a tax lien sale is usually around 90 days.

How much and what would I do with the gain on sale, and how does that help or hurt my strategy? 

While I'm not an accountant, CPA or attorney, I'm hard pressed to believe that if the mortgage is paid in full from the sales price the wife has to worry about getting a 1099.

Given the size of the transactions generally offered on crowdfunding sites, there aren’t enough secondary trades large enough to make the economics work systematically (besides the regulatory constraints) for Broker/Dealers to be incentivized to help LPs to redeem their positions via a sale/transfer to a new investor before the end of the investment period. 

In an ideal situation, you and your aunt would each pay back your fair share to your grandmother or each other. i.e. each of you share X% of your sale profits to your Grandma OR you and your aunt split the past expenses (taxes, other holding costs, renovation, expenses, etc.) with your grandmother and pay her back.