Take pictures and show to Magistrate and maybe they can try and speed things up.

One legal bill, one speeding ticket, one car wreck or car repair, one unexpected high utility bill, birthdays, holidays, forced time-off from work, etc., etc., etc... 

one thing I like about this it keeps me up to speed on the REAL laws not the hearsay you get on line ..  

A wholesaling list seems to be a great way to speed this up. 

@Gabriel LambEasy... read the news.Google "(City State) Economy/population growth/real estate/ etc." and read the first couple pages of news articles.Within no time you'll be way up to speed on what's going on. 

Things are pretty intense here in Jacksonville Florida with investors flooding the market...theft is rampant by other investors...it is regionial to a certain extent.. but I agree with you.. when I first went into Detroit as a fix and flip lender back in 2002.The contractor that my Turn key marketing guy was using was really up to speed with how to protect these homes and he said the same thing you did.. its the contractors coming back at night to steal what they put in during the day.. 

For quality, research Speed Queen. 

The buyer puts a 3% earnest money into escrow, the buyer has an inspection contingency period inspect 7-12days depending on house and structure of your offer, loan contingency period 10-17 days depending on lender and speed. 3-4 days before closing you and your clients do a final walk-through of the house.

I highly suggest you get some education  through  someone like Scott Carson or Eddy speed

With my current income we are able to save about 1k a month after all expenses, but i feel like saving more will speed up our real estate portfolio.