She's stressed out that she's worried the bank will confiscate her retirement money because she's losing her home to foreclosure.Anyone ever crossed this bridge before and know what the legal scoop is regarding this?

Also, law enforcement broke laws during Katrina during their gun confiscation.

Get out of that 401k as quickly as possible - IRS Code 72t.Buy real estate that cash flows, recruit good management.Protect your family and cash in financial instruments that are difficult for govt confiscation - life insurance, annuities - avoid saving in traditional banks.Minimize your tax footprint - avoid all tax deferred strategies.

My view is that the government relies on inflation to devalue the real costs of their borrowing by confiscating value from anything denominated in dollars.

Drug house ('In Rem' confiscation)?

If it doesn't, your property can easily be confiscated by the federal, state or local government and sold (it's a HUGE revenue stream for governments) Insurance, OF COURSE IT WILL BE CANCELLED, NOT GO UP!

In the event that it's not, should I just confiscate the $900 if they don't sign the lease by Tuesday?

Maybe for selfish reasons since I'm a real estate investor but my thoughts are, "Am I putting my money into something that could ultimately be confiscated from me?"

The moving of assets into a trust is generally done to protect them from getting confiscated by Medicare or for other estate planning reasons.

It is not a good practice to have the water bill in the tenants name since the city can confiscate the home based on outstanding water bill.