Seven days (which may really just be five business days) is pretty darn tight to start calling the lender to start arranging a payoff.

Otherwise, we would've needed to make special arrangements with them.

So I called the bailiff to arrange a set out date.  

I am not an attorney, but I suspect that the management has created a bailment in whatever arrangement they have made for receiving mail and packages. http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Bail...If they mishandled the package, they're probably liable for damages.  

If at any time the tenant fails to meet the terms of our new payment arrangement I can serve the Writ and the sheriff will drag them out in 48 hours - no going back to court or any of that time consuming nonsense.

In order to use Boarder income to qualify, you have to be able to document shared residence for the past year with that person and continuation of that arrangement.

At that point in time, it's all very theoretical, unless the LENDER arranging the Appraisal is basing their LOAN amount on a set percentage of it, and/or it's already under Contract for a specific amount.Your future LENDER'S appraisal will trump any earlier appraisal.

The timing on this news was horrible and I was beyond upset, because had we known earlier, I could’ve made different arrangements. 

Starting out with tenants on a month-to-month arrangement leaves you financially very vulnerable.

I still have a full time job and would not be able to "work" for them but I'm sure that something can be arranged that helps me meet my investing goals (buy and flip/hold) and provides them an incentive for me to work through them.