What Levi was right and it's the property managers that are the problem.

Originally posted by @Bukka Levy:@Steven Wilson Do you know what to attribute those costs to?

@Levi BennettIts a great question Levi and one that I do not have a definite answer to at this point.

Hey Lev I use Propstream for gathering information on off market deals and the mls for on market.

Like @Levi T. said, it's going to depend on what type of property it is.

Chase bank where I have my accounts will hold the cashiers check for so many days before crediting it.I wouldn't let any tenant move in until payment was verified.Chase has told me they have even had social security checks bounce from the government.I am not joking...............On what you can do to collect you first have to get a judgment.The in most areas you can go for a bank levy or a wage garnishemnt.For the bank levy you cannot touch social security,pension,or retirement funds.If those are pulled out the money will be reversed back to their accounts and credited.On a wage garnishment you can only collect up to 25% of income from their check and that's if they make over the federal poverty guidelines.If they don't make over the guidelines you can't do squat.If they make over 25% that is the total that can be taken out period.So if 2 garnishments are before yours you get what is left over out of that 25%.Generally the people will not stay at the job and will move to an all cash job to avoid the garnishment or they will file BK.There are collection companies that will buy the debt from you outright for very cheap or you can have an arrangement where they get so much of a percent of whatever they collect and the rest is yours.You can set it and forget it and put your time to other uses.Judgments are easy to get and very hard and time consuming to collect.The moral of the story is to screen your tenants very wisely and make sure the money is in hand.When I sell stuff on Craigslist I only take cash and I have a pen to check the bills.Some might call that over the top but I have never been scammed.Just like my friend said I was paranoid always looking for cops so I wouldn't get a ticket.My driving record is perfect and he has 2 tickets in the last year jacking up his insurance rates.no legal advice

@Levi T., Title issues are more complicated than just checking the correct owner's name through the years. 

I can't take credit for this great idea as it was brought up by @Levi T. 

Oh, and you'd have to look for property tax levy in their county.

It is hard for that many people to be quiet.Keep filing noise complaints with city/county with hopes this will get them in line.Plant some fast growing trees to dampen the soundIs there an HOA you can complain to that might be able to levy fines?