Any other course of actions that people would recommend?

It's a grind.Through diligence and action, education, and networking you'll be able to get something under your belt.Best of luck!

They miss payments it would be time for other actions if other actions are available to you in your area. 

But as long as you have a strong mindset and taking action, good things will keep coming your way.

. * Government actions to forestall distressed home sales will begin to fade when the economy returns to full health.

If you move in, expect this to be an ongoing issue given their lack of action prior to move in. 

Take an amount of money you can afford to lose and take action.

They are not here to write law, they are put in place to protect consumers.

A tenant living there 5 years, just consumed 5/20 of the life of that system.

I'd rather have someone really good at what they do take care of that for me, especially since I don't have to pay them; the seller pays them (unless I'm asking them to do time-consuming work I know they won't get paid for).