As others mentioned, no assignments allowed.I think there's a similar thread under wholesaling - a lot of people commented that HUD homes are public listings so if it's still available, others have seen it and already passed.Hope that helps and good luck!

There was a concern about publicly sharing, or at least inferring,  that this person has poor credit.  

Company bulletin boards are not accessible to the general public. 

You would have to amend your return to take the depreciation, but it will not reduce your basis if you do not take depreciation.Looking at IRS Publication 551, on page 6, under depreciation, it says: Decrease the basis of property by the depreciation you deducted, or could have deducted, on your tax returns under the method of deprecia-tion you chose.

Most area have a legal news paper that is not well know to the general public but that all the attorneys read.

Interestin auction info....In that case, I'd go to auction, it could clear up many issues and while you pay more, usually the public is not willing to out bid a serious neighbor.

Look up all the mortgages in public record, then throw out every lender that isn't a person, a SDIRA, or an LLC.

If a broken camera was a liability issue then they wouldn't sell dummy camera's.There are no privacy issues as long as they are installed in public places.

If there was a power of attorney, or a public guardian, you would have heard that from the daughter.Per what you have disclosed, go ahead and proceed legally with the deal. 

Mortgages are recorded on the public record.