It sounds to me that the judge will throw out the case when the tenant appears before the judge and claims the old owner is no longer in possession of the property.

This past Friday I had lunch with a fellow investor with exactly that scenario: his seller has "life estate" rights of possession but cannot assign or encumber their beneficial interests and the drafting attorney further restricted possession to that person.

I'm just starting out, but I'm always learning and I take possession of my third property Dec. 1. 

I would take possession of property and pay them directly.

I definitely plan to appeal the taxes as soon as I have the possession of it.

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The odds of a claim during your possession are very very very low.  

Tax expertise can come in a very wide range of billing rates (from relatively inexpensive, to thousands of dollars per hour), the goal being to find those practitioners with affordable rates yet possessing all the necessary technical skills you will be looking for to help you establish your chosen activities.I notice you are posting from Canada.

I do plan on inspecting it more thoroughly before I close on it and if it's clear there is a current occupant I'll back out.Considering the small risk that there is an occupant I don't discover and this occupant makes some sort of adverse possession claim, where do I stand if the title has recently been transferred to me? 

.$84,900 purchase - $10k down (we can do $2500 non refundable deposit to hold until May or whenever your wife makes it here to take possession)8% interest P&I $549.59 / taxes approx $123 / insurance approx $84 / total monthly $758The P&I is calculated on a 30 year fixed.