I'm not sure who does what in your town hall, but someone must receive and record the lis pendens.

They are always well received.

I'm trying to see if it were possible to let the Listing Agent receive all the commission since I figure they'd be more accepting to my low offers I submit.

(a) (1) "Rent skimming" means using revenue received from the rental of a parcel of residential real property at any time during the first year period after acquiring that property without first applying the revenue or an equivalent amount to the payments due on all mortgages and deeds of trust encumbering that property

The official tally was only 3" but some areas received almost a foot of the white stuff.

If properties don't sell, they will continue lowering the price until they do.More often than not, you will likely receive a counter offer from the REO asset manager, even if you shoot them a very low offer.

This book also talks about receiving seller financing from motivated sellers as a way to get into a property with little or no money down and other ideas of the sort.

They do not get involved in collecting payments, they just match buyers and sellers and receive half the option money..... then they are done.

I continued to pay PM fee each month even when not receiving rent from tenant  out of good faith- I have lost rents of more than 5 months - do i have any rights to take action against the PM company?  

If you opened your mailbox today and you received a windfall check for $100K (no tax due), how would you invest it?