The law will see everyone living there as a tenant with equal rights, whether you name them in your lease or not, even if you call them an occupant.We also have a procedure in place for adding or removing tenants from the lease, as changes in household make up do happen.  

Understand discrimination issues, rent qualifications and application procedures.

Every state has different rules and procedures, so make sure you do your homework.

Because you may be technically correct about how bankruptcy procedure is *supposed* to happen, but it doesn't take into consideration how the Courts actually interact, and how people often get things wrong.

The 1031 exchange is a procedure that in essence is a sale of investment real estate followed by a purchase of real estate.  

I have an amazing supportive girlfriend who is currently in dental school.

I'm not familiar with your state's nonjudicial foreclosure procedures, but that "opening bid" may not be the total owed, or even what would be accepted to let the property sell to a third party at the auction.In most places you can find this information online from your county web sites, or at least in person looking at the files. 

The procedure varies from state to state but typically the trustee will mail you a deed and you record it.  

Along with my real estate licenses, I am also a licensed dental assistant in Ohio.

Denny: As Steven Hamilton said, different counties have different procedures.