I personally haven't met him or even talked to him, so I'm not here to defend him. 

And within a reasonable timeframe where the seller avoids foreclosure when the buyer doesn't pay the sellers note, or at least received adequate compensation for the damage to their credit and costs to defend themselves? 

I also am confident that he doesn't need me to defend him, but I am thinking maybe you should consider changing your approach.

As you said, if you can show that it was sold at fair market value, then you should be able to defend yourself in an audit (should there be one, and probably if you are declaring a huge loss). 

So with the slip and fall case, the LLC could defend the homeowner by pointing to the lease and mgmt agreement where it says the mgmt company is responsible for all maintenance and upkeep including shoveling and salting sidewalks.

Absolutely vile industry and certainly a noble cause to champion the protection and empowerment of those people.

Waiting for public records to update so I can contact the owner with a PSA.Being new to investing, I lean towards defending other new investors but I cringe pretty frequently; seeing many posts here as well as some of the closing prices in markets we keep an eye on.

Debt is the undefeated champion over all empires and it's what causes financial ruin over a long period of time. 

@John ClarkI just wanted to defend myself a little bit on the SFR in Montgomery comment. 

They don't fill out a profile, don't weigh in on anything else, and their accounts were created the day after the "trigger" forum post and the first day they make three posts defending the guru/program/etc.