who pays the closing costs is usually based on the custom of the local county.

I have marketed my niche to luxury home buyers and agents and have picked up more custom home builds along the way (margins are about half a spec build, but your not risking your capital).

Most of our customers need the money. 

So I have a bit of an interesting situation. My friend’s mother lives alone in a house that is way too big for her, she needs to get out. She is having trouble making her mortgage payments and the condition of the ho...

In my market the assessed value is usually the price that is anchored in my customers minds.

Create a solution to help the client.

Assets would be divided and now days much of that is by statute as well as custom under different circumstances.

@Adam Hathaway I agree with these guys ... there are always creative solutions for buying properties.  

The Quiet Title route is way over hyped as a solution, usually to issues like this where it doesn't apply.  

The solution is to add the new LLC owner on before closing, then just remove the old owner after.