Not even money orders because they can be reversed just like a VISA/ Mastercard payment. 

If the note has truly been administered between private parties the borrower will want to provide copies of the cancelled checks and a letter from the original note holder with a payment summary.

Obviously you would be first position lean holder on the property.

Quote from @Yenusu Shaheed: I work in Real Estate in Dubai and right now Dubai is becoming one of the cities in the world with high return on investment because if you buy property in Dubai starting from 700,00aed you have 2 years visa 1M you have 5years golden visa with your family members , 2M and above 10 years golden visa and the safety of the country when it comes to investors , there Escrow account monitored by the government on behalf of the investors and the developers , cities now am becoming expensive due to high demand. 

You would really have no control over the property in reality as they are the title holder and most likely a lien in front of yours.

If it's amicable, find a new lender and communicate with the EMD holder the process of this so earnest is not at stake.

I find it hard to believe that a bank would then mark a payment as fraud rather than charging the account holder for the “bounced check”.

Why I Believe Striving to Build Passive Income is OverratedThis may seem like a disingenuous statement coming from a passive income guy, BUT, I believe that those looking to build sustainable look term wealth would be better off to downplay passive income.Passive income has a role, a large role, but one best utilized when a certain level of wealth has been achieved, and the holder of said wealth is looking to preserve capital and live off the income generated by passive investments.I hear many relatively new real estate investors say that their goal is to acquire enough real property to replace their earned (W-2 or 1099 or Sch C) income with the income be generated by their investments.  

3) After getting the tax certificate who pays the library dues, fire dues etc.. as the certificate holder is still not the owner but gets those bills?

Now for the Panamanian trust I would establish it using my Republic of Dominica 2nd passport (visa free travel to 70 countries).