I'm about to start another deal tomorrow that may be a push, so we'll see.I have spoken to some others, including Fiserv (jerky responses to my questions on the phone, never responded with the requested info), Guidiant Financial (responsive and informative, would probably use them if I wanted to go the checkbook control LLC route), Entrust (seemed OK, but not radically better than Sterling and higher fees) and a couple of others.

If I have understood my accountant correctly, your holdings are treated the same whether held/sold in an LLC or personally.

Assuming that is correct a foreclosure is a judicial action so there should court records that are mostly public.Speculating...I suspect a deal was done for the note or the auction was called off by the lender.

You just need to know that there are sharks in the water and it takes a lot of money to do the job correctly.

Or,In the event A defaults on the loan the Trustee will (after the proper notices) conduct a Trustee's Sale (that's what foreclosures are called in Trust Deed states.So I'm not sure how you could (using the correct meanings of the words) have a "warranty deed to trustee".I'm not familiar with the term "land trust deed".

If you go that route parking and other things can be real important.2.

I heard that double closing you(the whole saler) have to bring money to the table. correct me if I m wrong.

Mike is correct if you realize what the law says and the costs of not following the law.John Corey

Could be a crack or previous work that wasn't done correctly.

Who do you think is going to be the evil landlord that failed to anticipate the situation correctly?