@Michelle Krupa - I've flipped through that book a couple times and it's a prized possession!

We waited the entire redemption period to take possession of the property. 5 days before the redemption period expired an investor put a mechanics lien on the property so he could redeem it.

Finally after the appeals time has passed you can file a writ of possession.  

You could technically take possession sooner if you can get both of their signatures on a release form giving you possession because you won't be getting rent so they need to give you possession right away so you can get it turned.

The problems with the UPS PO box are 1) It can only be accessed when the UPS store is open. 2) It would require intervention of the UPS staff to put it in your box, which could create discrepency if a payment comes up missing, especially if the tenant says the payment was cash.  3) It's only one location which may not be convenient to all your tennats, esp if you are talking about low income whomay use publish transportation. 4) A receipt cannot be given.We've even come up with a way to note "received with reservation" on the 7-11 receipts for those tenants our law requires us to do this for in order to maintain possession that the court has granted us.  

Some of them are enticing because they are occupied multi-family forclosures or bank owned sales.One of the transaction details is  "This property is reported to be occupied and buyer is responsible for obtaining possession."

So we started the eviction process on Dec 6th last year. 1.5 months later, we got the judgement that we could get the possession of the house.

You buy it wait for 12 months, then you can take possession as long as you correctly foreclose the right of redemption from any and all possible heirs or people who would have an interest in the property.

The buyer takes possession of the home, but the seller retains the right to the property until all the payments are satisfied.

Ultimately if the tenant doesn't move, you will need to file eviction to remove them and get possession of the premises back.