then that attorney I think buys or is authorized to write title insurance. 

We have a ton of data on single family home buyers (and prospective single family home buyers), but nothing on apartment dwellers.I've reached out to the state housing authority, but if anyone has data (even anectodical is fine) or good resources, it would be appreciated.I'm hesitant to use nationwide, or even statewide data, because the majority of apartments are in the urban core, and I feel our demographics may be substantially different since we are an hour outside the urban core.

Since I did not authorize new service in my name, can they really let this harm my credit in case they never collect from the tenant?   

The hotels I'm talking about are VOLUNTARILY giving this information to the authorities in the interest of protecting their property, employees, and other guests.

Authors make money from book sales.

foreclosures are initiated through your local courthouse, and tax liens are typically listed by the taxing authority (county)

Hey All,Want to thank you for viewing and even more for potentially answering/solving.Family friends have a large down payment for a home but are not US Citizens or Green Card holders (They do have employment authorization and Social Security).

The Executor can file a request to the court, to get authorization to sell the property, but that may not speed things up.

In Michigan we have supervised and unsupervised estates (the unsupervised estates are also called simple estates and are of lesser value in the estate) when the courts issue letters of authority to the personal representative / Executor of the estate it will state whether or not the sale of real estate needs approval of the court.

Then get the parcel either rezoned to put it into a residential status where a single family residential property is allowed or leave the zoning alone and get the property designated "legal non-conforming" with a 100% rebuild letter from the taxing authority like the county or city.