Hey Zeke, There are tons of different loan products so it will be all about finding the one with guidelines that meet the needs of your scenario.

Put up a for sale sign so they're enticed/nervous/encouraged to purchase?

If you have lived in a home as your primary residence for two out of the five years preceding the home's sale, the IRS lets you exempt $250,000 in profit, or $500,000 if married and filing jointly, from capital gains taxes.

Looking to bid in a few days on a Primary Mortgage lien,  it appears that there was an COA Lien which was filed with county on 11/22/22.    Unclear if the lien has expired, and if surplus funds would go to the COA Acc...

If one is renting out a percent of their personal property, that same percent of the profits will be subject to capital gains tax at the time of sale.

The most recognizable is the comparable sales approach which uses comp properties to assess value.

Make certain the sale looks "clean" and "makes sense".

I think this is where things got a bit messy, the lein likely isn't from the arrears, it's most likely from the origination agreement for the installation of the solar panels and probably has a "due on sale/transfer/whatever" clause.Now you would like to purchase the house, but without paying off the solar company's lein.

On smaller deals like this, the valuation is determined by the market demand as appraisers use the sales comp method. 

You can list it for sale.