But I don't see another way unless you want to just walk-away, or become "Father Theresa" and start your own charity. 

The father in law had the valid POA and filed a sheriff complaint.Long story short, I am also an attorney and filed an emergency petition and litigated the matter before the magistrate, specifically on subject matter jurisdiction grounds and in the alternative, the magistrate was using the sheriff as its agent to do what it couldn't do directly (litigate matters of real estate ownership).

My Grandfather and Father purchased rental property in Queens in the 90's.

My father, and my grandparents built up 3 rental properties over the last two generations in upstate NY, south of Buffalo.

Willie Nelson has a song "I am my own grandpa".many many years agoWhen I was twenty threeI was married to a widowWho was pretty as could beThis widow had a grown-up daughterHad hair of redMy father fell in love with herAnd soon the two were wedThis made my dad my son-in-lawAnd changed my very lifeMy daughter was my mother'Cause she was my father's wifeTo complicate the mattersEven though it brought me joyI soon became the fatherOf a bouncing baby boyMy little baby then becameA brother-in-law to dadAnd so became my uncleThough it made me very sadFor if he was my uncleThat also made him the brotherOf the widow's grown-up daughterWho, of course, was my step-motherI'm my own grandpaI'm my own grandpaIt sounds funny I knowBut it really is soI'm my own grandpaMy father's wife then had a sonThat kept them on the runAnd he became my grandchildFor he was my daughter's sonMy wife is now my mother's motherAnd it makes me blueBecause, she is my wifeShe's my grandmother tooI'm my own grandpaI'm my own grandpaIt sounds funny I knowBut it really is soI'm my own grandpaNow, if my wife is my grandmotherThen, I am her grandchildAnd every time I think of itIt nearly drives me wildFor now I have becomeThe strangest case you ever sawAs husband of my grandmotherI am my own grandpaI'm my own grandpaI'm my own grandpaIt sounds funny I knowBut it really is soI'm my own grandpaI'm my own grandpaI'm my own grandpaIt sounds funny I knowBut it really is soI'm my own grandpa

As a father, I think you need to think about what is best for your kids more than the total return and you'll have to answer that yourself.

I had a life event there with my father passing this year but everything has worked out.

On one of the notes that defaulted after my father passed, my mother did not receive notice as the attorney put the notice address as their office instead of my parents' home, and that attorney passed on -- office closed several years back, so she didn't know until it was too late. 

My father, as a hobby, has been buying and flipping homes for the past 8-10 years.

My father will be retiring in the next 2 years.