I believe you can have a lawyer represent you at the meeting of the creditors.

That is a good question regarding the cash for keys and security deposit; I'll ask my lawyer regarding that here in Baltimore County.

Read the 'eat an elephant' post in this thread, check out my profile (click the 'profile' button to the bottom right corner of my picture), or go to "Meet the Investor" under "Investor's Focus" in the left hand column of your web page and look up my interview.You are also welcome to do a search on my posts or ask me any specific questions.I am a slow and steady wins the race kind of guy and have amassed $2M in properties as a regular Joe... the son of an electrician... the first to ever go to college in my family line... the grandson of 4 immigrants, well, you get the picture...

Just changing the locks would not be acceptable.You need a lawyer right away.FL foreclosures take about six months.

I recommend paying a qualified CPA or tax lawyer to talk with you -- it will be money well spent.

No lawyer would try to write one into a contract, although I can see some non-lawyer trying it.

A lawyer would look through the mounds of deeds and liens on the property (the abstract) and give an opinion of title.

Make sure the paperwork is prepared by a lawyer that knows what he or she is doing and probably a real estate attorney that has done some.

I have been referring all these clients to 1 specific attorney without advising them of course (I am not a lawyer).

If the guy was required to MOVE, even feeble minded, he may have questioned it but now, lawyers are involved (mother in law is a traditional type realtor who has been trying to SELL this guys house on the MLS for a year... and its been SOLD to this investor since September!)