● The default takeover, exactly

On default, do they inherit the full 130%?

Short answer: no — less. When the seller takes the LLC back, they take the property subject to the ~70% senior loan only. Their own ~60% carry was owed to them, so it merges and disappears — you can't owe yourself. But there are caveats that can push the number up, and one timing trap that can wipe the remedy entirely.

The math → The caveats
Seller inheriting a house with one debt attached while their own loan dissolves
The direct answer

They inherit ~70%, not 130%

The "130%" was a ~70% senior loan + the seller's own ~60% carry. On a takeover, only the senior loan is a real third-party lien that follows the property. The seller's own carry isn't inherited as debt — once they own 100% of the LLC, the LLC no longer owes them anything (it merges). So they step into the property carrying just the senior loan.

Walk the $200k example

Before vs. after the takeover

The seller already kept their ~$80k cash. Here's what the LLC looks like before and after they take it.

Before (buyer owns the LLC) Senior loan (1st lien) — ~$140k Seller's carry (owed to seller) — ~$120k Property value — ~$200k After (seller owns 100%) Senior loan — STILL HERE, now theirs — ~$140k Seller's carry — MERGED / gone (can't owe yourself) Property — ~$200k, with ~$140k debt = ~$60k equity Inherited debt = ~$140k (the senior 70%) — NOT ~$260k (130%). Plus the ~$80k cash the seller already received and keeps. Net realized ≈ $80k cash + ~$60k equity.
Why their own carry vanishes: the ~$120k was the LLC's obligation to the seller. When the seller becomes 100% owner of the LLC, debtor and creditor are the same party — the debt merges and is extinguished. They don't collect it as cash, but they don't owe it either. So it never becomes "inherited debt."

Put simply

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Inherited: the property and the senior loan (~70%). They must service or refinance it, or the senior lender forecloses.
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Not inherited: their own ~60% carry. It merges away. (They forgo collecting it in cash, but it's not a debt they take on.)
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Kept regardless: the ~33% cash they received at closing. Foreclosure/takeover can't claw that back.

The caveats — when it's more than 70% (or nothing at all)

Can push the inherited debt ABOVE 70%

  • Extra liens the buyer added: a second mortgage, HELOC, mechanic's liens, judgments — all attach to the property; the seller takes subject to them too.
  • Unpaid arrears: back property taxes, lapsed insurance, senior-loan late fees/default interest, deferred maintenance.
  • Senior-loan default costs: if the senior loan is already behind, the seller may have to cure the arrears to stop the senior foreclosure.

Can make the remedy worth NOTHING

  • The foreclosure race: the "60-day cure → 100% LLC" remedy only helps if exercised before the senior lender forecloses.
  • If the senior loan defaults and that lender forecloses first, the LLC loses the property — and 100% of a property-less LLC is worth $0.
  • This is why monitoring the senior loan and acting fast matters.
This is exactly why the documents have teeth. The Security Agreement and Operating Agreement (see the Document Vault) include negative covenants barring additional liens/equity-stripping without the seller's consent, and notice rights — specifically to stop the "above 70%" creep and the foreclosure race. And it's why a non-integrous buyer is the seller's biggest danger.

How the seller keeps "inherited debt" to just the senior loan

No-additional-liens covenant (no 2nds, HELOCs, junior debt without consent).
Right to notice of any senior-loan delinquency.
Right to make protective advances / cure the senior loan and add it to their claim.
Escrow/auto-pay for taxes & insurance so arrears can't build silently.
Conservative senior LTV — a real equity cushion under the 70%.
A vetted, guaranteed end buyer who won't strip or over-encumber.
Title monitoring so new liens are caught early.
Act inside the cure window — before the senior lender can foreclose.
Educational analysis. Whether a debt "merges," how liens prime each other, redemption rights, and foreclosure timing are governed by your state's law and the exact documents — and can differ from this example. Confirm with a qualified real-estate attorney before relying on any of it.