All money should go through escrow - even deposits if they are not being held by a licensed broker that represents one of the parties to the transaction.

Any time there are other parties, creditors or claimants that could be hurt by a stick-fingered.PR, the court will often ask for a surety bond.

That's the tricky part I guess. 

You would need to demonstrate, through detailed records, that the intention from the outset was that each party contribute 50%.  

The tough part is having a cash buyer ready to purchase from you a day or so after you buy the property.  

Sometimes parties will go for easy money and settle, other times they will attack insurance and personal assets and stop, sometimes they will go for everything possible.

So in the transition part from fixing the past, is the hard part.  I

I saw that as an opportunity to get a good deal if i showed they i was serious.The best part is some of the family still lived in the neighborhood and they came by the house after we finished and were amazed at what we did to their childhood home.

They are the owner and the party who is selling the property.

You'll see most of the things that need to be done.......you have to notice all parties that the clerk noticed in their tax deed auction procedure, mong other things