However now that he's finally out I want to file a law suit but he cannot be served with a court judgement unless we have a forwarding address which he refuses to provide.

Hey, there is a civil judgement against the seller for $7,000.

Hello Community,My situation is that I just submitted a mortgage application to start the house buying process, and was notified that after running my credit check ( I wasn't worried as my credit score is 780) that they discovered I have a Judgement that was filed 7 years ago (it was previously a collections item that I thought was a charge off, but was wrong).

But if its been longer than 6 months then you need to do your due diligence and make sure you protect yourself on the back end in case the default was way more than you had calculated. i would always write in the agreement that the the buyer agrees to pay any default or judgement in the amount NOT TO EXCEED $______________.

Sure, you'll damage the relationship with the realtor but it doesn't sound like (in this scenario) you really trust their judgement to being with.  

However, later that day my attorney was informed that the previous owners (defendants) filed a Notice of Removal to Federal Court, a slimy  yet legal delay tactic, AFTER the hearing and the judgement had concluded.

But obviously use your own judgement

hmm, thanks for the suggestion Manolo, but im trying to figure out a way to get my money back out of the lot as it is STILL not currently worth what it was purchased for back pre '08... and I do have somewhat of a personal relationship with a builder and therefor have a lot of trust in their dealing and judgement...

I am a new investor & would like to know if I should start out doing wholesale or should concentrate on doing judgement liens to build up some capital???

If not, you have to decide if the rent is worth going to court over to get a judgement against them.