Travis county will give the court date at the time of filingThe eviction should be quick and simpleAfter the eviction is granted, the daughter will have 5 days to appeal before the Writ of Possession can be filed and the Constable will coordinate a day for the forced move out. 

(There wouldn't be any land title transfer but you'd need some kind of settlement such that the owner's mortgages and liens were satisfied, their property taxes reduced, etc.)

2) Things to look out for / question in terms of closing cost (i.e. is that $10,400 real estate transfer tax legit?)

You then might be able to present other options to the owner of the property the servicer could not because of constraints with the loan servicing agreement.Before considering buying a loan you would need an audit on the note making sure you have 100% true chain of proper transfer where the borrower could not try to claim somewhere along the line the mortgage was invalidated or not properly transferred etc.Dave Van Horn on here has bought a lot of mortgage notes so might contact him if interested in that type of thing.

I realize its not the 3rd party's 'fault' but the function of the ACH transfer makes it too easy to get burned. 

Generally, liability rests with the seller until transfer of title. 

Next step: we were going to transfer the house to the LLC, but quickly learned that there is a transfer tax in Philadelphia (4%), which will cost us thousands and make it a non-option right now. 

I would love to offer some  assistance in the scheduling/coordination of your projects in exchange for your some of your time and expertise as I step into finding and eventually closing my first deal.

This is going to hinge a lot on where your family is on the wealth transfer continuum.  

Just some other important information I have owned the town home for 7 years lived in it the for the first 20 months than was transferred by the military to Hawaii than followed by Virginia.