Not having any formal accounting or bookkeeping education and not having much success trying to learn from YouTube videos,  I decided to go with an accounting firm that does Quickbooks training. 

You will both save big money because their is no loan origination fee, no escrow fee, however you will need to work with a title company too formalize whatever your attorney draws up. 

But that all also took a long time (20+ days) since we had to schedule formal inspections and wait for the building inspector to come and give his okay at each phase before moving on with the next steps.Now, since we're doing the exact same work with the exact same contractors in the remaining 120+ rooms, I was hoping we'd be able to breeze through them without the need for formal inspections at each phase.

Do you know if this was a trust deed sale or a judicial foreclosure?

The first thing I do is look them up on Maryland Judicial search.  

That would have prevented him from selling this lie.SAMPLE ESTOPPEL CERTIFICATEIt's absolutely mind-boggling that our judicial system has become so unjust.

I've roamed around the site and the forums a couple weeks now, even commented here and there, but have not formally introduced myself.

I think I am doing that now, just not formally. 

A formal eviction is necessary 

My state is a non judicial state so you can place an offer on a house before it goes to auction because techinally the seller still "owns" the house.