Then you hire a coach to accelerate your learning and take you to the next level.Using a sports analogy, it would be foolish to hire a basketball coach if your intent is to play pickup games every Saturday for fun.

In anything you do, make sure you do your do diligence and hire the right professionals to walk you through its steps.Hope that helps.

Make sure your financing is in place, and consider whether you’ll manage the property yourself or hire a property manager.

He learned a lot about what to do himself, what jobs to hire someone for, and just how long it can take when you are by yourself.

Hire an attorney and proceed with the eviction.In the future, I recommend you don't accept "landlord references" from friends or family members.

The below is not legal advice and you should hire a lawyer with past subject to experience. 

If you're out of state it's a must hire.

This could work well if you’re looking for steady monthly returns and don’t mind managing tenants (or hiring a property manager).Selling could also make sense if you’d rather use the $500,000 to diversify into other investments, like buying multiple properties or even a short-term rental on the lake as you mentioned.

Now, I had to hire an attorney to foreclose in hopes of recouping my $. 

If you hire a Property Manager they can sometimes help arrange lawn and snow removal service.