But, the seller will never close a sale until the buyer releases that claim and withdraws the affidavit because a new buyer's title company will not issue a title policy and the new buyer's mortgage lender will not make a mortgage loan.Its not worth doing in this case but when real money is involved it is pretty effective.

I own a mortgage company now that does both residential and commercial finance, but I spent years as a commercial banker with both big banks (First Union/Wachovia) and 2 community banks.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a reliable, quality cleaning company with great communication?

Curious if they named that company as they were the servicing company - so they were the ones who would be handling payoffs.... 

It will take time.3) Property management companies, chamber of commerce meetings, local commercial RE brokers, etc are all additional options to network and find people who do deals.

Any PM software should be able to do everything you mentioned.I am not a PM but I am an Accountant/CFO for PM companies and real estate investors.

The credit unions in my area only work with bigger companies so just know I have already reached out. 

People have been dropped by insurance companies in wildfire areas and had to scramble to try to find insurance - some using California Fair Plan. 

@Greg O'Brien - Do you mind sharing your company details? 

We can close on $50,000 to $50M (note a company doing multimillion dollar deals is not doing $50k deals)