I want to help him out and buy the property at the same time but not sure of a good way to do this without the wife's involvement.

You can contact your county Delinquent Tax office to find this out.If you want to approach owner you should do a title search and make sure there aren't other liens or mortgages against the property.If the property has a clean title minus the back taxes then you could offer the owner a few hundred for her time to sign the property over to you.

Fact is you should not be getting personally involved in your tenants lives. 

To many variables involved and without any guidance will cost you dearly. 

There were smokers in both units when I purchased the property and I well remember the time and effort it took to clean and repair the smoke damage.

I suspect there will be one or 2 that we have interest in that may not be redeemed by the end of the auction.Warning: Do what you can to ensure the property is unencumbered (no liens, clean title, etc.).Good luck

If it’s a “surprise to everyone involved” then yeah, I would ask for some kind of credit, but the seller isn’t going to give you money for a new roof.

I wanted to know how do you get involved in the HUD Home Investment Partnership Program.

This is why title companies run judgments on all parties involved. 

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