But hey, Vegas Gal, thanks for the judgement.

Same for any other lien or judgement down the line.In some places, buying the property at a sale wipes out the more junior liens and judgements.

On forclosures the plaintif has to bid at least the judgement amount.

We did the preliminary title search and found two judgements against one of the home owners.

That would tell you what liens or judgements were on the house.

Even if they were to send a letter to the HO saying they were going to get a court judgement, THAT might be enough to get him to correct the items.

And as a tenant, why would I rent from a landlord who doesn't trust me and wants to basically have a default judgement against me before I default?

However I live in Oregon so if you want one on one face time you should contact someone locally.Its pretty easy to get rid of the deficiency judgement if you know how to speak with the bank during the process.

My latest tenant-from-hell story started as they all do with very poor judgement by one of my tenants.

ALL of our short sale P&S's state much of what you mentioned, that the sale is contingent on the bank NOT issuing a deficiency judgement.