That paperwork, if created and executed, does not bind the mortgagee in any fashion, it would merely be an agreement between the grantor and grantee.  

Again- not advice but merely something to ask a lawyer about if of interest.https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/223785-does-anyone-know-if-seller-side-only-hud-is-legal-in-kentuckyhttps://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/93/topics/119...

I like Houston but hedge funds managers have dumped so much money into the market that it has become a sellers market.......Looks like property values do appear to be merely demand driven...

Here on the other coast, things are just merely pricey, but there are still fair deals to be had if you are patient.When it comes to foreclosures in Canada things progress differently than what we have witnessed in the U.S.A. recently.  

Steve, I am not trying to sound confrontational, merely taking a different stance.The ONLY property that I own outside of an LLC is my primary residence.  

Home prices are rather high here, Utah county is on fire with all the expansion, and the idea of "The Silicon Slopes" which is merely all the big tech companies we are attracting and the new jobs that are coming from it. 

Some investors will structure Charitable Remainder Trusts merely for the income tax benefits, some do it specifically for charitable purposes, and others avoid them because their assets are effectively tied up through the trust.

Today, it is worth around $1 Million.If we work backward, we will be able to calculate the Appreciation Rate using the following Excel Table:In Cell B1, we calculated the Appreciation Rate for this property at 11.54% and the Chart Below it merely demonstrates that using this Apprec.

Even local courts may have local rules.Generally, legal publication such as "Notice of Petition" to creditors and other potential claimants will not provide you sufficient actionable information to market and merely notifies others that a Decedent's estate is being probated.You can monitor obits and research if decedent owned property.You can use the legal pubs to pull indivisible files at the courthouse as well as those  that did not require legal publication.Alternatively, you can pay a researcher (whom you are likely to find at the courthouse records researching files) and pay them to collect data to your specifications. 

Now, seems almost like two steps would have been easier than this.To answer your other questions, this is far stronger than a mere rent-to-own, or right-to-purchase even.