Here are all the STR regulations: https://www.austintexas.gov/strIf you're a gambler, you could try it and see if the state overturns the local regulations in the next session.

It would be unethical to take advantage of the original deal since probate's unlikely to be able to overturn it since the only witness is going to say something else. 

RUSH over ..Turns out it was some loose plaster in the entry that fell down ( when they moved a frIdge) and I swept it up with a dustpan and spackled the ceiling.

These guys then got jobs in the private sector or another city/county with a different retirement system - they could see what was coming before it hit.I think that some of those massive concessions have recently been overturned by courts - California is doing somewhat better financially, too.

One benefit of an HOA having established rules is that for any changes to be made requires a 2/3rds majority vote of the residents to overturn rules.  

One or the other could possibly overturn the sale. 

IN MD the former owner has a statutory right to challenge within 30 days and deliberate fraud must be proved to overturn after a year. 

Any decent judge would overturn that deposit deduction.

Many tax deed states have allowances for the sale to be overturned if it was held improperly (without proper notice, or if there was a mistake, etc.), so regular title insurance isn't available.

They are quite common in FL Foreclosures....never seen one actually denied/overturned.