As per WI Statutues 452.01(2) for the defintion of a broker and WI Statutes 452.01(2)(b) for what I'm talking about:WI Statutues 452.01(2)“Broker" means any person not excluded by sub. (3), who does any of the following:"* Owners are not excluded if you check out sub. (3).WI Statutes 452.01(2)(b)"Is engaged wholly or in part in the business of selling or exchanging interests or estates in real estate or businesses, including businesses' goodwill, inventory, or fixtures, whether or not the business includes real property, to the extent that a pattern of sales or exchanges is established, whether or not the person owns the real estate or businesses.

There is a way to make them pay out sooner but, in the long run, the state statute provides that the life of a lien can exist for 7 years. 

Not sure your local laws on rent late fees, but where I live has no statute for late fees.

Just because the landlord does not live in the property does not mean they are not afforded 4th amendment rights.The way the court would look at a statute like that is to see if there is a true compelling interest of the state that could not otherwise be administered without violating the individual rights of the landlord.

It also may not be in the statutes and either buried in court precedents or still an undecided issue.

Some of the files are somewhat stale, but still within the statute of limitations for our state.

I've been through this prove it stuff before, you can begin by reading collection requirements of secured indebtedness in state stautes and then go to federal statutes, Fair Collection Practices, & the UCC.The idea is that over time a creditor abandons the claim if they fail to make an active effort to collect a debt.

Judges frown on landlords who don't know the laws and violate statutes.

@Joan SotoHere is a link to 475http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?

That depends on if your state you have a notice of default or a lis pendens notice that is required of the lender by state statutes for foreclosure proceedings.In my state of Georgia we don't have either.Simply a letter is mailed to the borrower from the lender and then the foreclosing attorney advertises 4 weeks in the local newspaper and it's sold the first Tuesday of every month.If your state requires notices to be filed then the courthouse is where you will get information first.There are companies that sell lists but by the time they come out days or weeks have already passed and everyone else is lazy and gets the same list.So the name of the game is to get to them before everyone else.To do that you have to be willing to put in the work.Other ways to find people in distress is by classified ads,internet presence,etc.If they are in distress and it's not in the public records you will have to get them to raise their hand for help.I have typically found those in the early stages of default to not be as motivated as 90 days or more behind.