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The only problem I can see....you linely used the bank’s title company, they are typically incompetent. 

And here's why:  "While a property can still be sold while there is a lis pendens, title companies will not insure the property, and that alone should be a deterrent to purchasing."  

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Good luck. attornies do not handle real estate closings in California Title and Escrow companies do.. 

Anyone Know A Title Attorney near the North Atlanta Area who is familiar with assignments and double closes???

Both of our names will be in the title so I'm wondering who will claim the rental income/expense or if we sell it later on who will report the sale in the tax return?

So we have 4 already where we're both on Title.

Overall, there were 15 heirs, 4 affidavits of Heirship that needed to be done, a divided family and a title company that didn't want to ensure title because of all of the issues that arose from a family with legal, financial and other issues.

The only out of pocket expense is to pay of the title transfer.