The borrowers could be paying their mortgage to scottsdale or scottsdale most likely sold the loans - when you invest in a syndication you have rights to manage the specific assets unless he gets a court order which there are also many other investors involved. 

The full circle of this would be paying vendors, employees, taxes, accepting payment all in crypto/facebook/bitcoin/form perhaps and without an actual bank involved. 

Did you ever have to get a lawyer involved or did it not go that far?

Steps involved:1.

This usually involves hiring a snow removal service or having a clear policy for who is responsible for clearing snow.### Heating and Air Conditioning Common AreasFor a property like yours with a hallway, staircase, and basement laundry area, it's not always necessary to heat or air condition these common areas.

My property is in a depressed area walking distance to the largest employer in the area which is a shipyard. 

This may not be a worthwhile pursuit if you don't fall under that category because there is some added risk involved.4.

Steps 2 & 3 would be the main contributions of a Civil Engineer who is involved. 

All of those can be seen in the thread linked below.Who is Bob Stevens AKA Bob Prisco and what's his involvement in Cleveland?

Quote from @Fernando Carlo: New long distance investor here.