I believe one of the reasons is that most of the agreements were verbal agreements.

I personally focus on sandwich lease options which I believe is the best option for short term cash flow.

Take a listen to the BP podcast above with Zeona McIntyre - she started renting out to Airbnb and I believe she runs a management company now.

I believe one of the reasons is that most of the agreements were verbal agreements.

I believe Ray is correct...once they turn the keys over, they have surrendered the property and all it contents.... you can do whatever you want with it.Abandonment laws are for when tenants just disappear and you don't get notified or keys etc..... at that stage you don't know what they are doing....they may show up again and wonder where all their stuff is....in hos cases, you have to store it etc.You spoke and witnessed the move out and got keys.... its back in your possession and you can do whatever you want

Most likely they believe without a lease they do not have to follow any rules.

Watch this podcast I believe it has most of the information you need. https://youtu.be/55bWFzPO9wI

I believe in MO there is 1 yr redemption period but there are 4 yrs that an interested party can challenge the legal process, meaning that they can not challenge the title itself but they can challenge the County for the foreclosing procedure (example, missing a proper notice etc.)

I honestly believe that like in any business the more you put in, the more you gain.

But I also agree with the emotional part of it since this sellers realtor has used the 2008 price that they originally paid (which I believe is way too much) as a basis towards our negotiations and the current resale price limits.