It’s not fun for anybody, but more than likely the same issue will keep coming up for every subsequent potential buyer.

@Leah WoodsThere's always this "piling on" effect in the forums when subsequent commentators try to outdo the existing comments in support of or in opposition to an idea.

So in MO its pretty straight forward and maybe 1500 bucks to foreclose and that's what I had him do.. so it wiped out any potential juniors and he had clean title and subsequently sold the property like Many foreign investors who get suckered into the highest return deals.. he lost about 50% of his investment COC this was one of 4 I helped him out of ... all with the same results.

I listed the property for rent and had a viewing and subsequent application to rent the next day at full asking price, providing a 30% buffer over PITI obligations to account for all expenses.

Any improvements that you make, other than something like fix a leaky roof, can not be recovered, if you subsequently lose the property back to the former owner or the former owners heirs.I've seen properties with multiple tax sales in their chain of title, ALL of the tax sales need to be cleared, not just the most recent one.Many counties even for judicial sales only do one owner searches instead of full title searches so they can save money of searches. 

In Maine, it's a hefty fine of $20,000 for the first violation, $50,000 for subsequent violations.

Originally posted by @Tom Gimer:“Seller, as a condition subsequent to closing, shall remove and sever the subject properties from the condominium regime.”Thank you for your valuable insight, Tom.

Subsequently, you're shooting yourself in the foot by proclaiming to be (at least that's what most people would think if they read 'realty')

. - Subsequently a few days later the neighbor actually hired a layer and he sent a letter to my tenant (CCed me) that Aug. 26 is the deadline  of repairing the damage or face possible legal action(small business court) without further notice.

From what I can tell, the first listing is free and subsequent listings are $9.99 per week.