The greatest lesson I've learned is don't fall in love with anything... don't fall in love with money, a property, seller, buyer -- anything.... stay focused and don't bend your business rules just because you "really love the deal". 

@Ramon Mendoza I know they've restarted in Parker and Fort Bend counties for sure because we have a trustee sale and a constable sale scheduled in each county for 7/7/20.

So then my offer was not enough to cover his HELOC, which he assumed would be 'forgiven', even though he did not even tell his mortgage company he was getting it.)I would think it would be very unusual for a mortgage holder to consider a short sale offer that included assignment, and no ability for the potential buyer to close. 

Yesterday in Bend, OR (Sunriver) I had a broker that was showing properties and wanted to show my house in Sunriver.

I have had a three tenants contact me about making partial payments on the first but all will pay in full on or before the 15th due to unusual expenses or reduced hours from the stay-at-home order.

That's the value of an agent who goes hard in the paint on due diligence.Now, an example of an agent thinking creatively and seeing a value-add opportunity that everyone else missed: There was a house that had been on the market for a long time, and the reason was obvious: it was only a 2 br 1 ba house, and the floorplan was very, very weird, so nobody wanted it...however, my agent spotted that the listing had unusually large Sq footage, so we went to check it out...10 minutes after walking into the house, my agent says "we can turn this loser into a winner".

That's unusual and it would be very difficult to find a passive investment like that.Also direct control means you know exactly what's going on.

I'm certainly not an expert on PA foreclosures and I don't want to seem argumentative but Section IV of the form says the DOR will accept an appraisal which, absent some unusual circumstance, I would expect to be right around what the high bid was.

Everyone around me are rushing to buy million dollar homes for "deductions" because not unusual a typical couples here clear $300k.

Do not try anything unusual.