Foreclosure purchase and access issue

[Jacob Beg]

Hi All:

I am looking for some ideas. I recently purchased a property from a foreclosure trustee sale in MD. In my experience, most of the foreclosed owners cooperate or at least engage in some sort of discussion with the new purchasers to figure out a dignified exit or perhaps a negotiated cash for keys scenario.

With the recent purchase, I left various messages and posted letters at the front door asking for a call back to discuss the living arrangement. I then ended up serving an abandonment notice but no one contacted me. I have been to the property since serving of the abandonment notice and there is a barking mad pit-bull in the property so though the occupants have made no contact, there appear to be someone living at the property who is unwilling to engage or is at least feeding the dog.

The sale is not ratified yet. I prefer to get an appraisal done so I can borrow through FNMA but lack of access is hampering that plan. It appears to me that the occupants might just ride this out to the very end to get free accommodation which is not ideal at all. Any suggestions on getting access or how else to go by getting a response?