@Zachary Sales While 10 days sounds like a long time, let's not jump to conclusions.We've had issues where tenants claim they've moved out, but then want to come back to get personal possessions at their leisure.

We always push for vacant possession although once I regretted it as the little old lady had nowhere to go with her yappy little dog.

As for selling with 10% down at 8% interest, you now have two title transfers that violate the due on sale clause and add complications to subject to “safeguards” that reduce risk if note is accelerated, if party in possession doesn’t pay taxes or insurance, and of triggering whatever system the lender has set up to notify them when a deed transfer takes place. 

He's not there and thus not in possession of anything in that house.

It's likely that's the reason they turn off the utilities. there are few ways you can go about this situation. one that I would consider, try to communicate and have him agree with you on a date and time to take possession of the property. for the lock I would tell him, yes.

🤷🏻‍♀️There is a legal recourse to do this...it is called 'Adverse possession'. 

So, you can add SEC violations to the list of things he did wrong.Since you now have the notes in your possession and are actively working them, that might have changed now however, I would bet that if you contacted the SEC and told them this story, they would probably take action.

If the dumpster and parking have been there a long time, could it be something like adverse possession where you retain the right to keep them in place? 

Bring an action for possession of the premises (i.e. eviction lawsuit)d.

millions have 200k or less in their IRA  so when loans are 500 to 2 mil.. you either fractionalize or you create a Pool.. or like my second HML company i had large lines of credit with banks so when we close a loan I assign to the bank and some of my banks would record it and take possession of the docs.. and others would just take an Alonge and put the sign but not recorded assignment in their vault.