That's why the personal connection with the verbal deal and personal reputation on the line matters for me in classifying as a PML situation.That is a very clear explanation of the difference between HML and PML.

They hold their sale in four different locations, and have each locations sales listed separately online. 

You can often look online for the county/city zoning map, parcel info, and zoning laws.  

Most are online, at civicsource.com  and happen once a month.

Further, I as a matter of course, place a “friendly” lien on all properties I buy for cash, so there was little equity in the condo.  

To who this may concern,To discuss any matter in depthYou can reach me directly at my email on my profile page(biggerpockets wouldn't allow me to comment with my email here).

Hey Bigger Pockets community, I'm just starting out in Step 1 (get educated) on what I want to become a successful career in real estate investment.I also currently run an e-commerce business that is currently completely online, but would benefit from having a brick & mortar storefront, and I had an idea that maybe using the investment capital I'm looking to allocate into real estate into a commercial property my business can operate out of until I decide to sell the property in or rent it out to another business.I am obviously very naive when it comes to the complexity of any good real estate deal (especially commercial VS residential), but I'm hoping to spend as much time learning from everyone here who is on their journey as well.My main concern with the idea of buying commercial to operate my business out of it that I might struggle to rent it out afterwards and that there may likely be depreciation in the commercial real estate market over the next 5 years.I understand there is a lot of nuance depending on the local market but I'm guessing commercial is even less of a "safe" bet than finding a solid residential deal to leverage in some way.

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Check county recordsUse online search tools like PropStream, Reonomy, PropertyShark, etc.Use local GIS mapping tools (ask your county)Search online directories for LLC or TrustTalk to neighborsHire a skip tracerSend a letter to the propertyThere are a lot of options.

It won't matter if they hire an attorney to fight it, because the databases that report evictions only care about whether or not an eviction was filed.