@Zabrina Horton,You are considered to be “disqualified person” to your IRA and as such not allowed to enter into any transaction with your IRA.

"Core" stabilized assets are for investors with low risk profiles who want capital preservation and stable predictable cash flow with low risk (versus higher risk alternatives in stocks and bonds...or value add and real estate development).REITS, insurance companies, pension funds, family offices, very high net worth individuals/families who have already made their wealth, etc. 

If so, then the title is clear, absent any local government liens.If you mean you've obtained a Quiet Title order and it is final and non-appealable (42 days after the order is entered) then the title is clear.If you mean you can't find anybody who is still alive, the title is not clear. 

Harris County holds one every 1st Tuesday of the month and you can find the list of liens (properties) to be auctioned on the county website. however, what I've learned is that the "big" business and corporation, etc have taken over the sells making it difficult for individual to stand a chance.

Then propose one of the solutions above: simple owner financing (he will issue you a mortgage note and you would get title to the property,) "subject to", where you will get on title and leave the mortgage in his name and keep making payments, or "lease option", where you enter a contract to lease the property with the option to buy it in the future (you can sell it or buy it out.)

You don't have to deal with problems alone -- the Case Manager wants to know when there is an issue and they will go visit the tenant and see how they can help them resolve the problem.These individuals need a second chance.

As I said before, I have no intention to break the law or violate tenant rights, but seriously had no idea how some have changed agreements before... then enters @Chris Youssi with exactly what I was wondering:So you can give them the option to renegotiate on the spot with a new lease?

I have an individual interested in applying for a vacant townhome I own, but is asking whether or not a bankruptcy filing will be an automatic 'no' for the application.

I know a lot will depend on the market and cost barrier to enter, but I am looking in both my home market of Atlanta, GA and surrounding area, as well as in Ohio - Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, Cleveland. 

somewhere I read if an individual is renting and managing their own house, they have right to refuse ESA and Security dogs. is that true?