You might just have to ride it out in court and defend your case for ownership no matter how frivolous the lawsuit ends up being and then counter suing for your attorney fees you spent to represent you during this court case.

Hope you'er ready for a great ride to the top by using all the free tools and more.

The balloon brings the problem to a head, whereas, a traditional loan would allow to you to ride the problem out.

It's like riding a bike, it will come back to you.

RE is not a free ride and there is no guarantee of success, no matter how smart you think you might be.

Hey, crazy cat ladies have to live somewhere, and you're doing us all a favor by letting her stay with you.Just keep an eye on the legal cat limit and keep her under it and enjoy the ride.

I have 180 units so I can ride out the seasonality. 

year 1 - buy a duplex with 600/mo profityear 2 - buy second duplex with 600/mo profityear 3 - buy a third duplex with 600/mo profityear 4 - sell all properties and use the cash and equity from them for 25% down payment on a small apartment building (550-600k selling price) with 4800/mo profit (10-20 units depending on the rent)year 5 - ride it out and save the profityear 6 - ride it out and save the profityear 7 - sell the apartment building and use the cash and equity as a 25% down payment on an apartment community (2-2.5M selling price) with 14-20k/mo profitWe chose duplexes for a specific reason starting out because of the market in our area makes them a better investment than single family homes. 

I hail from Alief and Sugar Land.

@Amber Scavone  Hope you'er ready for a great ride to the top by using all the free tools and more.