@Edward Burke, no ‘judgement’ here on self-managing, but I must say I am impressed.  

It could be the seller is hiding issues (bad roof, leaking foundation on good rains, yard floods, sewer line problems, etc). 

We are supposed to be out here passing judgement on complete strangers.

Account Closed said pay attention to everything because things like trees will surprise you and cost a ton of money.A few things I would add is to A) watch how water moves on the property when it rains.

Hi,  I have started going to the foreclosure auctions, and I wanted to know, can you get the judgment of foreclosure online, or only at the court from the clerks office?

Judge enters a default judgement and they give him 10 days to vacate or the Sheriff will get involved. 

You’ll get the  judgement and while you may  never see a penny, trying to find a place with a judgement or getting credit just got a lot harder and more expensive for them. 

No judgements please.

Scratched and swollen from the rain.

the issue at hand is a question of whether the property is considered abandoned or a hold over. this issue would vary slightly state to state, and would most likely fall on the judgement of the judge who presides over the case. however, if nothing has been removed from the apartment, I doubt any judge would call it abandoned, perhaps if all utilities are turned off you may have an argument. if everything is missing except garbage and maybe a couch, then you are probably looking at abandonment, but from the way the story reads, I doubt any judge would be happy with what the landlord did.