some states require that you pay the loan in full prior to the auction if you want to keep the house. https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/summary-alabamas-for...Reinstating the Loan"Even though Alabamalaw doesn't provide a statutory right to reinstate the loan before the sale, many mortgages, like the uniform Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mortgage, allow the borrower to complete a reinstatement.Check your loan documents to determine if you get a reinstatement right and, if so, the deadline to complete one.

To stay on the right side of housing law, ensure you have all the standard, written, formal application criteria in place and uniform before leasing out any vacancy. 

I might put the plan into motion very soon.

Spend some time early AM at local hardware store and supply shops jotting down phone numbers of different trades posted on vans or on uniforms.

Please share with us the results of this strategy once you put it in motion.

These actions are not uniform across states, and neither are the barment requirements. 

It is so hard to watch my good friend not only have to deal with significant health problems alone but see how they have gone from a dynamic, resilient, wicked smart person managing 5 properties AND holding down a 30-40 hour a week full-time job to sustaining an accident and having their life fall apart like a slow-motion train wreck. 2 of the properties in their portfolio had to be sold just to get $ to live off of. 

We have lights and motion sensor cameras and we're going to put up some more signage to make it abundantly clear that "you are on camera."

- Consider motion sensors for outdoor lighting to save even more energy.3.

I figure if my investments are all in one place and in one standard that'll keep actions uniform and therefore saving time and money.