Cornell Law publishes the FRCP (Federal Rules of Civil Procedure) – I became very familiar with the “process”.

They handled foreclosures and any kind of litigation for our properties there.

California Civil Code Section 1710.2

Now for the current guy, yes you hired an attorney, make sure you put a lien on his house to recoup your costs (this may not be possible if he does not have one, go after him civil to pay the amounts). 

Asset protection is a form of insurance - insurance against litigation.

. $800 a year in franchise tax fees is my no means sufficient to buy liability protection from a determined litigant.4) Would you hire an environmental testing company to test the land (to which you have no legal access - but I doubt the dead guy would call the cops on you) once the foreclosure process has progressed well enough, but before it's conclusion, so that you tell the lawyer to stop foreclosure in case some major contamination is discovered?

The cost starts with  1.) plan cost (survey, civil engineer, site plan, architect, structural engineer, mechanical/electrical/plumbing (short for MEP) plans, etc.).

This really sucks because Although the judge dismissed the case I still have the chance of them coming after me in a civil suit and they can completely destroy my credit, which I just spent the last 5 years repairing.

B.S in Civil Engineering, I night my first house and started flipping.

Hey Kasey, just fyi Iredell county is in litigation because of the new zoning regulations and are not currently enforcing it."