If it hasn’t been paid or expired either wait or perhaps have the creditor record against other assets of your seller and release from the subject property.Unless I read the facts wrong this sounds like a perfect example of one of the dangers of contract for deed/land installment contract. 

Hi Chris,You need to know D-Town, what's going on, the areas, neighborhoods, danger zones, the DMZ, etc....It might be easier if you were boots on the ground (but in the wrong area they will steal your boots and leave you dead on the ground).You need to know D-Town, what's going on, the areas, neighborhoods, danger zones, the DMZ, etc....Some areas have things going on and some are just pure dangerous to your life.If you can pronounce the following you might consider yourself knowing the area a little bit (if you can't You need to know D-Town BETTER).

That's dangerous. 

But then the whole area is essentially on the water, plus all that climate change stuff with extreme weather and all...What do others think about danger of serious flooding in the area?

I'll definitely mention this during my next conversation with my CPA.Which illustrates the danger of getting tax advice from people other than tax professionals.

I distinctly recall a buyer that I worked with that purchased a vacation rental approved 3BR townhouse and it didn't get any bookings for the first 3-4 months. 

Thank you in advanced, and I look forward to connecting with you.This is the danger of blind searching for "deals".

Unfortunately it's often not the landlord or apartment complex that believes a certain breed of dog is dangerous but rather the insurance company that will refuse to provide coverage for certain (or in some cases all) breeds of dogs. 

@Joel Wilmoth  agreed.. our little turn key review site were folks can leave comments and reviews gets about 2,000 hits and distinct uses a month.. and many on that site have never heard of BP..

From your pictures, it doesn't seem like anything is in immediate danger, and like Marcus pointed out an engineer is going to recommend you bring the entire house up to code, which I guess would entail new footings, columns, and beams.