Problem with landowner My sister committed suicide back in April.

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Problem with landowner
My sister committed suicide back in April. She left lots of debts – credit cards, mobile home, horse trailer and land. I know that we have to sell her assets (a truck and 4 horses) to pay these debts – but that won’t cover everything. The mobile home and horse trailer companies are going to ‘repose’ these to try and collect what is owed.

But the problem lies with the lady my sister was buying the land from. This was one of those private lease to own. She paid a montly amount and in a few years would own the property. Of course this means that she had no equity – that I know.

BUT my nephew has been paying the lease to own amount because the mobile home was still there (waiting on company to send out pick up people) and there were 4 horses of Carol’s on the land.

We just found out that the landowner has sold the land and taken the horses to another property that she owns. My nephew has never signed any waiver to the property nor was he given any kind of eviction notice. We were told that they are going to post these horses for sale as ‘Abandoned’ and keep the money.

Can they sell the land without giving him notice to vacate the property? Can they ‘steal’ the horses? What exactly are his options?

Possible Deficiency Judgement/Claim bankruptcy?

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Possible Deficiency Judgement/Claim bankruptcy?
I have some clients who I helped purchase a home in Sept. Prior to the home, the husband owned a mobile home in a MH park. The husband sold the mobile home to someone subject to his financing until the buyer could replace the financing. The mobile was only worth about 1/2 of what it was financed for (financed for $54,000, worth about $25,000). Unfortunately, the buyer failed to continue to make payments and the mobile was repo/foreclosed upon in my client’s name. My clients’ home is 100% mortgaged and their credit was impecable before this. They have asked my advice as to what they should do. I did advise them to homestead their home, but they asked me if they should claim bankruptcy. I told them I didn’t think they should file bankruptcy because I didn’t feel it was likely they would have a deficiency judgement against them as there wasn’t any equity in their home yet and that they could protect some equity with a homestead. I did tell them I would try to get more professional advise, though, so here I am. I would really appreciate some feedback. Thank you.

abandoned mobile home Up until two years ago, a relative of mine was living in…

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abandoned mobile home
Up until two years ago, a relative of mine was living in
his mobile home, parked on my property, rent free. He
had financial problems, and the lienholder of the
mobile home foreclosed upon him. After he moved, I
contacted the lienholder, informing them that they had
30 days to remove the mobile home from my property.
That was 2 years ago. I sent them a notice that I would
start charging them rent after the initial 30 days, hoping
to get them to remove the mobile home. They rarely
return my calls, and seem oblivious to my rights as the
property owner. Can I begin the process of claiming the
mobile home under the state abandonment laws? The
mobile home has deteriorated to the point that it is
becoming an eyesore. Thank you in advance for any
advice you can give me.