I heard that the waiting time for a court trial is 5-6 months and another 2 months for having the sheriff to remove the tenant (only one police office in the whole city of San Diego to execute the writ of possession now).

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Whenever I called the Southern Las Vegas Housing Authority to ask them how many voucher holders they have who are currently in possession of a voucher with no where to go they would never give me an exact number.

@Frank PatalanoI tend to study a subject or topic to the point of paralysis and I end up never applying the knowledge I possess.

When the former homeowner dies, or leaves the property to live in assisted living/nursing home, I take possession of the property. 

But an even bigger reason why the numbers are skewed is that a huge chunk of the overall crime is committed by the 19 million visitors to Myrtle Beach each year (think drunk driving, drug possession, etc) and of course tourists don't get factored into the full-time resident population. 

Is there a way to take possession of the property due to abandonment?

The new law re-writes the eviction process by placing more hurdles (procedures) in the landlords path to re-possessing their property.

You take possession in 6 months.  

  (2) This  investor owns SFH's in a market that possesses the fundamentals but sells prematurely and fails to take advantage of the primary appreciation event. (3) This investor fails to recognize the equity generated through the primary appreciation event is better served being reinvested in more efficient asset classes that will generate a greater return profile after the primary appreciation event occurs.