I was able to find out where my debtors worked through Facebook as they occasionally changed jobs and simply kept filing to garnish wages until I was made whole.As far as helping out future landlords, you've essentially already done it. 

If you are new the solution is not to willingly get in debt or fail out the gate before you start the race.

It depends on your ability to pay back debt or interest payments in a timely manner.

Wage garnishments usually require a judgment against the debtor first.

In this situation it appears that is not the case and if the house sells medicaid will be one of the debtors to be paid.  

Also, don't be afraid to partner with people to get your feet wet, either debt or equity partner.  

@Brad HalesVerify the type of entity the syndication is employing-is it a debt or equity position?

But if that doesn’t materialize, or if we hit a recession, it’ll get worse.My personal advice is, if you don’t already own stabilized real estate, in solid areas, with fixed debt or low/no mortgage…take the 5% return available now for your liquid savings and wait.

I beleive this is an important distinction because you appear focused solely on apartment buildings that were acquired because of favorable debt or other bad projections. 

Off the top of my head I would like to see the following in the "New World Underwriting" and looking for:- Operator experience, reputation and character (always the most important at any time)- No class C- calculating in worse occupancy rate- acceptable cap rate reversion- property expense ration 5-10% less than what I was looking for (Not much more than 45% now)- Break Even occupancy closer to 55-60%- better DSCR, LTV- Better reserves- No Bridge debt (or at least bridge debt that converts to fixed rate)- no planned rent increases for 1 year or very little- Value add on hold for 1 year- Area employment diversity and not dominated by toursim, hotels, or one industryAdmittedly, these are high standards and I am aware it may leave me on the sidelines for some deals but I am ok with that, I can be patient.