If you reported a check stolen to the police and name someone as the forged, it is up to the DA to file charges, and if you cut a back-room deal base on a PI statement justice was not done.Joe Gore

Although, in all markets I will likely surpass my estimated assumption of 5% appreciation per year, that's just icing on the cake. 

They are in business to make money and care absolutely NOTHING about the truth, justice, or fairness.

As you've intimated, in the land of the free and the brave, you only get the justice you can afford!

When I buy a house at a trustee foreclosure auction and the previous owners are still in the house, do I need to hire a lawyer to evict them or can I, as the new owner, just show up at the justice of the peace on the court date with a copy of the trustee's deed, or do I need other documentation?

It just depends on how much the Justice of the Peace and Constable have on their schedule already.

However, the American Bar Association encourages their use, and according to the Oregon Bar Association, "Prepaid legal plans have been endorsed by the National Association of Attorneys General (NAAG), a savvy group with no interest other than equal justice for all.

There are opportunities to get cash flowing properties in Houston and appreciation is just icing on the cake.

It has done me a lot of justice.

If, however, you think that you might stay in your current career, I would focus on enhancing your current earning capability - sounds like that would be a JD, Criminal Justice, etc.