@Bill AntonYou can go to the Tax Claim Bureau and look at the notice file to see who was or was not notified. 

Getting those cashiers checks came after a ten day eviction notice.

Closing costs near $5K2) The bank my father uses for a lot of his properties (US Bank) is pushing me to do a Portfolio loan for this property since it will be a lot easier to accomplish without complications since they would own the loan and not have to jump through Fannie May/Freddie Mac hoops.

@Lee Ribeiro lots to go over here so I'll try my best to address these one at a time:"Getting mortgage under my name to get around me being on title less than 6 months" - this method will NOT get around this Fannie/Freddie requirement. 

@Jerel Ehlert:The inspector, my realtor, and I did walk throughs of the home but did not notice any cracks on the walls and only slightly uneven floors.

If they do need work and are in an area that looks towards gaining more equity, I will sometimes recommend going with a Fannie Mae loan so that you will garner more cash to do the rehab, then increase value and refinance later.

You can't control your schedule and you could come up for TDY or a deployment with no notice.

Partial doc lenders are private lenders, not freddie/fannie insured so the rates are higher, but they're willing to work with self-employed individuals more readily. 

It's not a Fannie Mae thing, but if you're going with a second tier lender, you may run into that.

Relevent text:The owner of a dwelling is required to post a notice which is constructed of durable material and which is no smaller than 20 square inches in size listing the owner’s name, address and telephone number if he/she does not live in the dwelling or have a manager living in the dwelling.