Seeing as how access to the records might be difficult.  I

I worked with families going through financial difficulties and assisted them with loss mitigation options and bankruptcies.

Tell them you are having financial difficulties and need reduce your debt.  

Check with your TX state banking authority as well as TREC.Knowing just a bit about San Antonio, I'd suppose that in that group of buyers, you're probably dealing with many under educated, less aware, non-financing persons who have difficulty with English or English as a second language, an ethnic group of Hispanics.

He paid less than a third of it, and now won't even communicate with his lawyer.I have heard from two people on this list who have had similar difficulties with UDW, but for whatever reason they choose not to make the experience public.

How difficult is it to get rid of mold?

Since the development process is so complex, the following is meant to be only a general guide on how to get started.From the information you provided and based on your experience, there are a few approaches you could take to develop this land (beginning with the highest difficulty/highest risk/highest potential return):1.

Maybe I'm missing this somewhere but doesn't seem like anyone has addressed the biggest issue i've seen which is the difficulty of getting an LLC set up legally when doing REI.  

@François DesCotesI have been attending dallas county sheriff sale for a while still consider myself as a beginner...few thoughts wanted to share here.Most propably the HOA went for sale under constable sale not sheriff...I know its the same auction same place but usually different guy announce it in dallas they start first thing before the start with the ones behind taxes.Most propably whoever bought the HOA is responsible for the mortgage also...I have read before sometimes the HOA is superior to 1st mortgage but not sure if that applies here in TX.tax sale is good for rentals in my openion because of the redemption period 6months-2 years...keep in mind even if the redemption right passed most of the title companies wont give full insurance up to 2 years since the date the deed recorded...because it was bought at the auction and they are questioning if somebody decided to fight the sale (all parties were notified, proper notices sent...etc)Having said that buying/getting the redemption right from the former owners would make you free of all mentioned difficulties and you can sell immediatly no wait!

The difficulty is the in between stage where it takes up too much of your time you can’t focus on growth but there isn’t enough to do to hire an internal person...