Am I simply relegated to using conventional loans, recouping my initial investment 4 to 5 years down the road, buying another one, and continuing to operate on that sort of a cycle?

Do you know how MANY people are pulling their hair out here trying to make it?

Do you buy materials yourself or let the contractor sort that out?

The challenge is educating noteholders to understand partials, which I often explain as a sort of ATM machine.

This way if you want to buy it and have to back out, you are getting some sort of compensation for your time. 

Does the seller have any sort of engineering certification for the type of foundation the home rests on?

Step 2 (and only at the tenant's discretion) is to file a restraining order of sorts against tenant B.

You can then pay a VA (I use a great one from UpWork for $3.50/hour) to do all sorts of analysis.

+1 for Todd's recommendation...though I would never actually advocate doing something outside the law.Get creative, or get in line with an attorney so you can sort this out as soon as the moratorium is lifted.

Is there any sort of closing - we must need to record something somewhere?