I am coming up against traditional bank lenders that do not want to refinance my investment property because it’s titled in a Trust.

You could do your closing at a title company, they'll do your deed for you. 

I'm an engineer by profession so like to get into the weeds when my money is involved.Seems a deed of trust does exactly what it's name implies ... in exchange for a loan, the property owner deeds (conveys) legal (not equitable) title to a trust, giving the trustee specific powers, namely, the power of sale if default, and power to (re)convey when debt is satisfied, and probably other powers. 

No deed or title or anything like that is needed. 

If you aren't actually taking title, you might run into problems.

I went with him to his lawyers office who helped him with the bankruptcy and he said that my neighbor has until the sheriffs sale to sell the home or move out, implying to me that he could still sell the home.We tried finding out who serviced the loan and who owned the loan through our county records department and even they said that the chain of custody of the loan was unclear and unfinished, likely due to the fact that the title company, servicer, and mortgage company that owned the loan all went bankrupt within the last 10 years.

He was thinking of refinancing or selling but when going through the paperwork he found a page titled "option agreement for purchase of real property".

And then MY assignment contract adds a $5k assignment fee (I'm trying to make a $5k assignment fee for this).Can the title company do this?

Hello,I am looking for either a real estate attorney or title company(real estate friendly) in the Hampton Roads area.

Hello,I am looking for either a real estate attorney or title company(real estate friendly) in the Hampton Roads area.