In my experience it should not be your responsibility to pay the lien, it will get paid off prior to or at close.With that said, I have represented buyers and have personally purchased properties off of all the auction sites here in CT and in a lot of the cases the title did not come back clean initially.

Great that you joined the site!

There needs to be high inventory of rentals with similar criteria for those sites to be accurate.

Hello @Cerrion Smith, welcome to the site!

I think your best bet for something u can do right now would be to attend local metups in your area. network to other investors. try to develop a relationship with your local credit unions.

Most lenders have a 2 year minimum seasoning on BKs.Honestly, IMO, his best bet is to contact the lender (NOT the servicer, but the LENDER), and throw himself at their mercy for a loan modification. 

Is there any reliable sites that anyone has found to find available grants?

Each site has varying posting rules which doesn’t make it easy or fun but necessary to get the word out.

I bet your instincts are telling you no while the numbers are telling you yes.

In your example, it's a complete change in the buyer, so I'd be willing to bet that the bank is going to take issue with it.