While many states recognize the old CFD or Bond for Deed, they have issues at the federal level, financing requirements, servicing problems and with title insurance.

I have been researching for awhile and have just about resigned myself to signing up for LexisNexis for skip trace needs. Obvious downside is the high monthly recurring cost. Has anyone else used them before? Worth th...

Carrington title services. 

Is there a call forwarding service similar to google voice, but will allow you to have more than one number forward to the same phone?

Yes, if you pay, you get a copy.It's a CU, not a bank, sounds like a portfolio loan and not a secondary market product, so yes, the can evaluate the collateral as they please, but they are going above and beyond prudent lending to much tougher requirements, not great marketing for loan services but they can.Market value is what we generally work with in real estate, but we do have other valuations, liquidation, salvage value, tax and estate valuations.

I did a lot of direct marketing using the data from Default Research and they stopped their service.  

We just purchased a 78 unit property in the DFW area that had horrible management, tons of deferred maintenance, and 25 vacant units..... hope I don't regret it!  

Finding a good renter who likes condo living seems like a relatively safe bet...if the positive cash flow is not eaten away by capital expenditures, lack of reserves, and routine maintenance on big ticket items.  

The tax lien teacher Tom DiAngostino has a tax lien service that sells late taxes lists for most counties in GA (and every state).

If I understand you correctly this birddog brought you a willing and able buyer so you as the seller should pay for his service unless he had other arrangements with his buyer.