I highly doubt they would release all of their homes for sale at the same time as that would hurt their own property values as well. 

Info like this should all be researched/confirmed during attorney review when you are under contract or prior if said info would be released by the HOA (maybe as a condition prior to entering a contract). 

The 2 month lease abandonment fee also holds, but the manager stated that provided she was able to re-lease the apartment as soon as it was vacant she would only charge us half of the fee.

All prep done.Install tub shower combo (3 piece surround + tub)Install towel / tp holderInstall toiletInstall 1/4 turn stainless steel valves on sinks, toilet, fridge, W/D (if applicable) Paint exterior with minor prep/repair body and trimInstall 5 smoke and 2 co2 detectors Clean roof and gutters (standard 4/10 roof approximately 80 L/F guttersPressure wash walk way (3' x 30') / driveway (20' x 60')Final cleanHere are a couple pictures of our typical flips before and after. 

hi kevin. just so you know, i find some of my best deals like this. the house has probably been owned by a bank. the previous owners/ tenants have long ago moved out. you need to go to the local clerks office and look up any foreclosure papers on the house. that will show you what bank to deal with. the people listed as the owners will still be listed as the owners until the bank fully forecloses. then, they bank may or may not sign onto the house. if it is in foreclosure, you will have to deal with that bank that foreclosed. if it is not in foreclosure, then you will have to find the owners. it is likely they moved somewhere close by. look up their name in the county clerks office or on line if the clreks office has that kind of website, and see if they own any other houses near by. do a whitepages.com search for them as well. i have found more people this way. also, what you may need to know is that a few years ago, the obama administration was restricting banks on the number of foreclosures that they could remarket per year. hence, this lead to banks marketing only the prime foreclosures they had, leaving the " trash" alone for years. eventually, some banks got tired of holding on to their " trash" and just wrote them off by sending a letter to the owners that they were dropping their leins on the house and the owners literally were given back their houses. if this is the case, you would find in the county clerks records a " release of lein" or a " release of mortgage" on the house. now, just because they " gave the house back" to the owners, doesn't mean the owners know. quite often, the owners have moved on and the letter went to the old address, so the owners do not know. this is your chance to find them and offer to buy the house dirt cheap, i mean dirt cheap. i personally have bought 2 houses this way, and i never paid more that $2250 for either one. thats not a misprint, it was $2250. i had to assume the back taxes which were almost $5000, but thats still cheap for a house that was worth $50,000. keep me posted as to what you find on this one.

If, at the closing table, you decide to be honest and back out at the last minute... typically by this point you will have released all contingencies, meaning your EMD may be forfeit. 

I've talked to other investors and they have told me there's a way to get a lien completely released or at least a huge chunk of it.

It's not the landlord's fault, but whoever didn't give the release.

If it's a job relocation, often a company will pay the lease buyout fee, lease termination  fee for their new employee.Our usually mutual lease termination fee was 3 times the rent. on a  year lease, immediate release or they could plan it within 30 days.

Is the landlord trying to refund their deposit/rent in exchange for a release?