You'll know enough when you can define the following:Riparian rights, homestead exemption, eminent domain, mortgagee/mortgagor, statute of frauds, tenants in common, quit claim vs warranty deed, Garn/St Germain Law, sq feet in an acre, right of first refusal, bundle of rights, fee simple, and the statute of limitations.Wait--never mind. 

MD statute indicates that if the foreclosing deed was recorded after Oct, 2011 condo assoc can collect no more $1200 as a superior lien-this is not applicable here as the foreclosing trust was recorded prior to 2011. 

Three things you need to look at.A Power of Attorney statute in most states has a prohibition against "self-dealing" and a daughter selling her mother's house would be presumed to be self-dealing, regardless of having the purest motive in the world.  

Here is an excerpt from the MO Real Estate Commission Statutes and Rules."

Feel free to show me statute to this, not lawsuit, statute.

If you are going to do a bunch of them, each state seems to have a different take on DF and SAFE as well as their own state statutes that is why I say to check with a local attorney. $50k sounds pretty ridiculous.

@Alethea Sealy: you will need to break down the $400 charge into each underlying charge.EXAMPLE:1) Court filing fee - allowed2) Attorney fee - allowed, within reason3) Other court fees - allowed4) Your fee - depends on the judge & timing.When you get a judgment for eviction, the judge will write on it what charges are legally allowed.If the tenant pays within the 10 days allowed by Michigan statute, that's all you can charge.

In fact, the only statute info I can find for the state of FL just says that you can only take 'subject -to', so many, without paying the underlying mortgage.

It maybe time to buy that home in a country that disregards the enforcement of US extradition :) Even better if the statute of limitations on such 'white collar crimes' remains in force...http://www.forbes.com/sites/insider/2013/01/22/white-collar-practice-in-2013-an-old-look-for-a-new-year/

I'm on some Facebook forums for landlords and tenants and some of the postings "helping" tenants with questions (from other tenants) indicates most have little or no knowledge regarding the Landlord/Tenant statutes for that particular state.