Spoke with an Attorney who advised that I was correct in the situation and mentioned posting notice on the Tenants door, as well as Certified Mail, then going to the Magistrates office to file and Landlord / Tenant Complaint.

Please advise?

For multifamily investments, using the LLC name is typically sufficient for legal and banking purposes, as advised by your CPA and banker.A DBA may be useful if you want a separate brand or manage multiple properties under different names, but it’s not required for most investors.

Due to the nature of the possible time and repair costs this may lead to speak with an attorney that can advise you on law suit. 

My advise would be to do more phone calls to past job references and living situations and ask open ended questions.

Well they wont know it and to save money by not having a lawyer advise them .. boom they take title to all sorts of nasty crap.

Mink,I would advise using a Fannie Mae 5% down program to avoid the FHA up front UFMIP finance charge. 

Is there a specific reason why you advised me to invest in North Carolina and not out of state?

Any advise is appreciated 

I was once even lied to about a material matter when they (over 1,000-lawyers, nationwide firm) tried to collect before we’d go to court - and so advised that lawyer and her supervisor, once that became clear.