Then you can obtain a few contractor bids and make adjustment on the purchase price if necessary (or walk away).  

It is a mix of asset and cash flow lending?

There is no need to sit on mountains of cash as long as used credit is backed by asset income.

I just want to provide a comfortable life for my family and get my most precious asset back, TIME!

This is a liability not an asset

Inflation impacts the broad economy, not just stocks and real estate, and unless the real estate asset class spikes, generally it can be treated as a wash. 

I've filed an abstract for both of them.The first one I can probably collect through a writ of execution, but at 150 for the constable, I wonder if it's worth it since I can't tack on the 150 for the constable.The 2nd they're not employed and don't have enough assets to collect.

Commercial/porfolio lender will consider the property/asset more than your personal DTI.I'm not sure if you living in one side as your primary residence would change that though.Go to all the small local banks and credit unions in your area and talk to a commercial MLO.

I had been thinking that if there was a way to take possession of them and obtain title, then at least one of them might be a good candidate to rehab.

They do not tend to like working with newer buyers needing tons of help buying smaller properties for a lower commission check.If you can be more descriptive such as your net worth and liquidity, annual income from job or business, total global cash flow, asset type, deal size, LTV with amount you are looking to put down, area, cap rate expected, fully stabilized or value add,etc.All of these things a good commercial broker will KEY in on to see if what you are wanting to do is readily available or you are looking for a needle in a haystack or wild goose chase type thing.If you are looking to find above market cap rates there are REIT's, pension funds, insurance companies that buy hundreds of millions a year in properties that I can call to purchase in 3 to 4 weeks close all cash.