With my budget, I can buy a property in high crime neighborhood in Phoeinx ... will get less than ideal tenants ... etcIf I had 150K, I'd consider Phoenix I'm new and don't have much knowledge ... trying to use good judgement and common sense :)

Down here in SWFL you have to sort through the Judgement filings and find the ones that are person to person...

Your job and career are assets one mistake could open them up to litigation in the form of a judgement, wage garnishments, to the life extent of the states statue of limitations.

Further, HOA liens in NC are commissoner sales not trustee sales and deficiency judgement remedies are not applicable.

I would’ve never been able to find this myself) and found about 8.5K in judgements against the property (for what , I don’t’ know) I also see that they have a bunch of open violations.

The Final Judgement, with an amount will be filed in the county Clerk of Court's office.

He is not going to take any bs and his standard answer when tenants bring up their "story" is to tell them to "file an appeal.....judgement for the plaintiff"I would go after them for for non payment of rent as the burden is on them to prove they have paid. 

@Brian H.Only one way: experience lol so either you know someone you have worked with or you find someone who has one they have used and you trust their judgement.  

I think it's a good thing to have tenants let me know what's wrong so that I can attend to it and make a judgement call on whether it needs to be fixed or not rather than sit on an issue and later find out it blew out of proportion because of neglect. 

There are all sorts of reasons why it may have sold for 2k. all that matters now is what it's worth it to you today.some reasons-buyer paid taxes or judgements etcthere were title issuesit was a buy out of a family or biz partnerthe last seller was a crack headgeneral distressed sale and a seller that didn't carethe property was in far worse shape than it is now