IF he refuses to do it amicably, hold him to the lease, and take him to small claims court.

Since I was the only guy there I was able to buy the property for $1 above the opening bid, so $124,168.Its going to take anywhere from 5-10 business days for the court to confirm the sale.

If they can't see what you own in public records then the only way they'll know is if you were already involved in a legal case and the court finds a reason to subpoena the trust.

All I had to do was file the Writ of Execution form and have the court clerk stamp it once it was filed. 

Can that choice hurt them in a court of law?

Check the search function as this has been discussed in the past.

The second is that there are a lot of soft costs that should be tracked, even if you are performing the function yourself for 'free': Financing cost, marketing, sales, overhead and of course profit.

If you're not familiar with the life cycle of a probate case it may be worthwhile to go to your local probate court anyway just to observe and look at a few case files.

The cost of proving what is right in court is something I think we all want to avoid.I always try to imagine trying to defend my position in front of a judge & typical homeowner biased jury.

Wow - my last occupant had me pretty irate but I am glad that I didn't get to that point.This goes to show how frustrating the courts/law can be to deal with when trying to evict someone.