The owner cannot pay due to having a stroke and wants to sell or have someone take over payments .The home is assessed by the city for 88k.

Unfortunately it will take a stroke of luck sending out 200 - 300, even 1000 per month.

our title companies are quite competitive and this of course is a free service.. our title plants are digital so its just a few key strokes for them. in addition if your a better than average client like we tend to be I can have them do a date down on the phone..

He had suffered a stroke and wasn't in the best of conditions.

banks have the right to call the loan.. does not happen often but it can.and so you would need to be in a position to stroke a check and pay the bank off .. the sellers second would then go into first position.Or you need to be able to refi.. the whole 90k.. without those two exits available to you.. then it becomes a terrific risk for the seller.. and if the seller seeks professional opinion guidance most lawyers would advise against it .. unless you have very strong financial ability.its not you we are worried about in this scenario is the sellers credit and equity that are at risk. 

Different strokes.

One had got killed, another had a stroke and died,and a 3rd had had a mental collapse was in a V.A. hospital on meds.  

Also pretty much my entire group just likes to stroke the check, they come from different industries in the financial arena.

A stroke of good luck, actually.

Not the strategy I would use, but different strokes...