This approach also enables us to put water/sewer costs for our houses in the hands of the tenant {the account/bill must remain in the name of the property owner}.Core to our operations is improving the energy efficiency of our properties.

A 75% interest in the property can be sold to another party, and the remaining 5 people all own 1/5th of the remaining 25%. 

I was reading an article and found this law for handling Ohio security deposits:OH "Any security deposit in excess of fifty dollars or one month’s periodic rent, whichever is greater, must bear interest on the excess at the rate of five per cent per annum if the tenant remains in possession of the premises for six months or more, and must be computed and paid annually by the landlord to the tenant."

And the young tuxedoed gentlemen who worked the floor carried on with their elaborate gestures and signaling, as if it was a choreographed Broadway dance routine.Only a couple dozen people remained by auction end, and only a handful of homes were actually sold.

The "price" I am paying for the house is simply the remaining payments due on the original owner's debt?

I believe Contract for Deeds are usually done with a balloon payment due in x number of years: The seller gets down payment, monthly payments, and the balloon payment (remaining balance) in say 7 years.

Now that my business is stabilizing (with very few inherited tenants remaining), I am evicting about .5% of the tenants each month.

Yes, He will probably charge between $500-$1500 for it but he can pretty much garentee successfully stoping the foreclosure.The question would still remain though is it worth it?

Heat will remain a shared utility, I will absorb the cost and build it into the rent.

I've paid off all my high interest (9-15%) student loans in that time and now just have a 5% loan on the remaining student loan.