He brings up the parent vs kid college battle all the time and has some good incite.2.

Fast forward to my junior year in high school - my parents had divorced, my sister had gotten pregnant and dropped out of school, and my father moved away to battle addiction.

The chances that you'll get the closing wrapped up nice and neat and quick are LOW.What is most likely to happen is that you will end up in a protracted legal battle with the former owner with an unsympathetic judge and that will take months to wrap up.

Through various court battles and decisions, Jerry established the principle that due-on-sale clauses were an unreasonable restraint on alienation of property and therefore unenforceable, thereby enabling many sellers of homes to retain their homes and sell them, rather than lose them to lenders in foreclosure. 

Half the battle in this business is overcoming adversity.

I've been battling with my HOA for over a year now about leaks from my roof (April of last year).

Where the developer may have an issue is that he may have an uphill battle to prove after the fact that he purchased the land with the intent of holding for productive use. 

Find a Layer to fire the first Salvo but be prepared for an all out Battle.

The property has been on the market for ~15 months, it's listed too high, but I will fight that battle once I feel secure that I can finance the purchase.

I admire the folks who can do the battles daily, but think I am able to help society more overall in my current role providing housing for a few people long term (not just delaying the inevitable) and also educating others...