It’s in my rental agreement that if they fail to make their final payment by the deadline I keep any funds paid to date and resent the unit.

I'm a transplanted Midwesterner myself (Chicago) and also a newbie investor.I decided to take Brandon Turner's 90-Day Challenge: having a deadline is a good way to break the procrastination and "analysis paralysis" cycles.

Next time I will know to have it done in writing, including the deadline I need it by.

If they are motivated at that time to redeem, they will also have to pay your legal fees for the ejectment.If you have a tax deed, you can just give some sort of deadline in the letter and file ejectment after the deadline expires.

The owner is in the process of evicting a tenant and the deadline for the tenant to purchase the property has expired.

YOU need to set up protocol with your PM.. they won't move any faster than what you set as a deadline,, no reason not to advertise while occupied with proper notice.Get in assess the current condition as soon as you get the vacancy notice so your prepared to know what's needed to turn the House.. 

If they are not returned by the deadlines, your tenant will be cut off.The W-9 would be the least of my concerns. 

My thought for the future is to announce to my list that it’s a multiple offer situation, then setting a deadline and calling for highest and best.

Faster you work the faster you get paid and we give bonus deadlines to him now where he gets a bonus if project is done before deadline.

The existing tenants have mentioned separately (this is an up/down duplex) of smell of mold.This is not difficult to believe if in fact there are these obvious cracks on the home exterior.There is no doubt water/moisture is getting into the home and creating a condition for mold to grow.We had a structural engineer out to do our buyer’s inspection yesterday, report is due out later this evening (11/04/17).Verbal communication while on site, indicated a mutually shared concern over these cracks.The roof appears fine.A wall in the backyard will need replacing as the soil weight has almost pushed this wall over and it is only a matter of time before this thing comes falling over.Boiler may need replaced, windows as there is some clear cold.These are just concerns at this time but inspection report will lay all this out once received later today.I should have been a little smarter in not agreeing to a change in inspection objection deadline when it was presented by seller.My buyer’s agent and I should really have talked this one over, as I realize now that, it left us with only hours after inspection to come up with our inspection objection response and to be honest I will not have time to get bids for any of the extensive repair items which I do not doubt will be confirmed in the report received later today.Seeking any advice that you can give on the following: Would you proceed with purchase of the above detailed home?