It was a fixer-upper and from the description sounded like the kind of house I'd be interested in so I sent an email and text to the contact info listed. 

Did they even try to contact you directly and ask for assistance with their moving expenses or did they just go straight to hiring an attorney?

My partner and I are now looking at managing the project ourselves as we do have the trade contacts, but our worry is the workload with our full time jobs. 

Does she NEED to contact the mortgage company ??

Lenders are more likely to do business with you if they have had some prior contact, and if you make them feel confident that you know what you're doing.Hope this helps, best of luck!

I have a 3 br/3 bath unit that we just renovated and have listed up for rent...have had a TON of interest with 8 applications even before the first open house.I just got a contact from a company that does placements for an insurance company ....they place clients that have been displaced due to damage to their homes.

The other option I've been looking at has been to contact owners of dilapidated properties in good neighborhoods. 

Not sure how expensive that would normally be but definitely doesn't seem like an emergency to me and doesn't explain why we weren't contacted.

They are the direct point of contact in these transactions from what I understand.

I was able to get through to the loan assumption department and ask them questions but they were hard to get ahold of so if you ever do get ahold of them I would ask them for the best way to contact them.