In our area (Wake county NC) an eviction would probably not stick with at least one judge, meaning if the defendant attended the small claims action they would probably prevail.

If the owner can not be found or served than an ad hoc attorney will be appointed to defend them (This cost you an additional $500).

I know one community in Indiana that got so upset at a dealer who was targeting their community, well in short they tied that guy up with legal cases, most probably having no merit, he went broke trying to defend himself and lost everything.

They clear the lien and you keep them from being named a co defendant in costly litigation and possibly losing the revenue from whatever loan you "partner" has taken out.

This is VERY expensive as they will motion to dismiss, and generally delay -  the attorney fees to defend become ridiculous - just what they count on, since most homeowners in foreclosure don't have any money, it becomes an uphill battle. 

If I have someone create contracts for me, I want them to be willing and able to defend me if challenged!

You then have to defend it if someone tries to use it.

Then the occupant would be able to defend against the automatic writ of possession (even when they didn't do what they were required to do), and we would be forced to institute a whole new eviction action.

haha, I didn't think anyone posted this and I was about to start a new thread.Yes, realtors just seem to be sheep in that blog post and agree with the author without any actual facts,cases etc.Personally, I'm one of the few who defend it but it does fall on deaf ears so I just gave it up because they sure must be happy with their 3% lol

I have followed cases with the same complaints (many in the Public Records Act cases where LNI refused stubbornly to give up records) but the problem is that LNI is defended by the Attorney Generals office.