He has been picking up on any nuance and filing a ton of motions to extend his free stay at the property in NH. 

check smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors. 

However, fast forward 9 months after non payments, and us filing Motions to Dismiss and Relief, we finally received a prorated lump sum towards their arrearages along with their past regular mortgage post petition P&I, as they miraculously came up with a huge payment to save them from being dismissed. 

Filing an action in bankruptcy court can cost you $1,000 of attorney fees and the motions are set to a calendar for a month or two later.

No plans on bidding on the property; we just want to run through the motions to educate ourselves.

A friend of my sons has just filed a motion to vacate the sale. 

Did the HVAC guy physically show you a leak with leak detector?

There is automatic stay and it is not lifted until discharge or, until a motion for relief is filed, held, and found in favor of the creditor.

No offense but your message is confusing since you talk about getting payments, but also about your note being stripped and worthless.To get stripped, they have to file a motion in the courts and have a judge sign off on it.

Gfi around sink  , peeling paint, carbon monoxide detector, smoke detector and other common sense type things.