The seller has 45 days after Closing on the sold property to identify the replacement property.  

That area in PA can also work for STR and MTR so if you buy a 4-unit, you have the option of diversifying the asset inside of itself by doing 2 LTR, 1 STR, and 1 MTR if you wanted to give yourself some options.

The 'go-to' place for a trustee state like NC is 1) the county courthouse, and 2) the trustee's web sites.

The weather is great there, its cheap and ecology is clean.  

At the end of the day I would check with your attorney, but I ran this interesting question by my Title Rep @First American. 

There is a book in the library called "Low (and no) Money Down" that discusses the various methods of financing purchases.

curious how do they structure a note purchase that is not all cash. did they already own the note and just sold the note to you or something ?  

If I understand you correctly, you got the eviction by the court.

The home was a bank foreclosure from a reverse mortgage.

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