A lot of times you can still exit the deal and recover your EMD if you're using a standard HAR (Hawaii Association of Realtors) contract that protects the buyer via multiple contingencies.

I had a situation where the tenant was recovering from a  liver transplant and i filed for eviction but also provided her with a list of agencies that could help her. 

It took over 18 months to recover but determination to make sure all my investors were paid in full was a priority.Needless to say, even experienced investors can take losses and those claiming they have never lost money have not done enough deals, have not been in the business long enough or are liars.Congrats to you and your accomplishment.

You could use that car payment money to save up for a down payment on an investment property when your credit score recovers.  

The primary goal is to recover all (or most) of your cash invested.  

She understands that she will not be keeping the property since she cannot recover from the passed due payments, but she has been back to work for some time and wants to know if there was anything we could do to keep her in the home as say a renter since her income is quite good and she was behind due to medical issues. 

I live in the Bay Area of California, where I work in tech, particularly in hardware design and manufacturing - and have a huge passion for Virtual and Augmented Reality - it is the next wave of computing - and yes - I'm a bit of a recovering tech geek.

I have my money tied up in a purchase that I have been in too long due to my appendix and needed time to recover when it ruptured.Now back and fully recoved from the 3 surgeries.

At which point if all goes as planned I should be able to recover my cost. 

At which point if all goes as planned I should be able to recover my cost.