When I looked into the tenant's background check, I found 3 forcible detainers and 1 civil filing from 2009 through 2018.

I've only filed unlawful detainer (court eviction) once in 19 years of being in the business.

If those conditions aren't met, you'd have to file an unlawful detainer action assuming the occupant doesn't have any claim as an owner or tenant.

Preforeclosure is probably the best known list on this front, but there are lots of others: delinquent taxes, code enforcement, negative equity, probate, unlawful detainers, etc.

But the laws don’t appear to spell out timelines other than they need to have received notice 3 days prior to my filing a forcible detainer.

Start opening the cases that are called Unlawful Detainer (or whatever your state calls it when a landlord takes a tenant to court) and see what attorneys are representing landlords.

Start opening the cases that are called Unlawful Detainer (or whatever your state calls it when a landlord takes a tenant to court) and see what attorneys are representing landlords.

If you want to read my first case study and how it went, see below:Brazilian police detain woman suspected of taking a dead man to withdraw bank loan | CNN

Yesterday, I posted my standard notice on the front door advising the occupants that the place has been sold, to call me, and that if I don't hear back, I may initiate an unlawful detainer or if the place is vacant that I may change the locks, along with a copy of the deed.The property looks barely habitable (hot water heater is on the back porch (which looks like it's about to fall off its rotted post foundation), sheets of drywall and plywood out front, tons of beer cans and collection notices on the front door, and rotted siding/wood on one side of the house.

Hire an attorney for an unlawful detainer and be done with it.