The attorney's get to have all of their cases heard first, but I don't think they get any expedited treatment aside from not having to sit and wait for an extra 30-60 minutes to go before the judge.If you own rental property, you will experience all kinds of negative situations (evictions, lost rent, fires, stolen AC coils, etc.).

Mario,I'd strongly consider reporting them to the Florida Real Estate Board (you can find a link on myfloridalicense.com).I am not sure what you can do about recovering funds that were stolen that were not in escrow, but you should be protected against lost escrow money from the Florida Real Estate Recovery Fund.We manage property in both Orlando and Tampa and I would be happy to answer any questions you may have.

Some things we replace if they are lost or major damage and charge accordingly.

When collecting security/holding deposit I do have lease language that states if they back out between lease signing and move-in, they pay pro-rated rent for the lost rent they've caused me.  

Im just totally lost on this property. 

Rents got lost in the mail. 

Over the last couple years I have been able to save about $40-$50K which could be used for another investment property and have actually put a few offers on foreclosures and other bank owned homes, but lost out to all cash buyers in the area.

Put that all together and you are trying to negotiate a short sale with multiple parties - often through their seller's real estate agent (whom I find is more in the way than anything else).That's currently the situation I am in, I feel really lost even though I've read so much on real estate investing.

When this loan was originally offered in 2005, I know we would not have had all those items they are asking for because we lost everything in the disaster.

Those are the people who over-extended and have now lost, or are in the process of losing their properties; thus equaling more bargains for people like you and I.