Looks like this is a just a matter of keeping it simple and unloading a non-performer.  

Fled home, but all publicly available info still has that as his residence.Scenario #2)Owner took out home equity loan before passing away about three years later. 

I had always thought that making a public record of personal debt might violate credit laws but the clerk's office didn't know anything about that.I'm kind of stuck here and unsure which way to go.

I think that if you're repeatedly fined and found in non-compliance, you could end up in court so you need to make sure that your property manager is handling that stuff (and letting you know when its occurring).I have a clause in all my rental agreements that says if I get fined for something the tenant did (like loading up the tree lawn with garbage) - the fine gets passed to the tenant. 

I am non USA citizen and want to know if I open an LLC, can I use my LLC name in the assignment of contract instead of my own name or I still need to use my name?

Non-recourse seller financing loan - Assign contract to entity during due diligence.

I use it for project/task management at my non real estate related job and am planning on using it to stay on task in my real estate endeavors.

I already spoke with @Phineas Howie about this earlier but will publicly state my opinion for the benefit of others.I do not consider medical collections because they are extremely common and I have no way of knowing what stage they are in.

Also, if I transfer my Colorado rental's VA loan to, for instance, a non-VA 7/1 ARM, would that open my entitlements back up and give me the ability to use my VA Loan in the future?

Licensees usually say yes and the non-licensees say no.