I am not an attorney nor am I a legal or tax professional.

My husband wondered if it's even legal for them to do that?

It is very difficult, if not impossible, to get a loan today on an investment property purchased without work being done.

I am not an attorney nor am I a legal or tax professional.

., than almost any other source and a substantial amount of your investment time should be spent legally avoiding these as much as possible.

He was out of breath and had a cashier's check for the arrearage (plus legal fee's, etc.) to bring his loan current.

With the ever increasing fees, and the current financial difficulties, it seems almost impossible to maintain a timeshare.

I wonder what the legality of it is.

I normally say something like "Im working with a group of investors that would be very interested in this house and they pay me a fee for bringing them properties" "I will not be buying this myself, but the contract allows me to legally show the property to them."

Not all estates are probated, wills are approved and won't show up, properties in trust and properties held in joint tenancy are generally passed without probate issues.While I know you can chase the ambulance I never did, I realize that the world is all computerized now, but did you try looking these old folks up in the phone book, get the address, from there you can get the legal and copies of deeds and mortgages filed.