In addition, they were required not to call me unless there was an emergency. 

In addition to finding good software program that meets your needs, I encourage you to get your "legal ducks in a row": e.g. landlord forms library, educational resources, lease agreement and addenda, and operations practice and procedures and policy manual.

However, the particular property that this tax sale I was referring to is located in Allegheny county where the procedure appeared to be the latter judicial sale.   

(This requirement may be waived under certain special circumstances constituting good cause for a waiver, such as the loan being issued because of a bona fide emergency, with the lender obtaining written consent from the buyer to proceed with the loan without the disclosure notice.)The closing on a home equity loan must occur at a permanent office of the lender, at a title company, or at the offices of a lawyer.After the closing occurs, the borrower has a three day period during which the borrower may cancel the loan without having to pay any charge or penalty.

So @James McGovern your saying when is it good to deploy a discriminative procedure for applicant's? 

He told me that given that I was still fairly new to investing (5 years) that I should consider the benefits of having the extra cash on hand either for emergencies or for future down payments on additional properties.

They usually have a form that has the tenants information so they can contact in case of emergency

Land contract emerged as the most attractive alternative financing in the last two recessions.

Things like septic pumps burning out, steam room dying, guests catching the grill on fire and leaving burn marks on the hardi siding, emergency bug treatment, above ground pool which is ridiculously hard to manage in our heat & having no time to deal with it if it starts to go, laundry & drying time for all the towels and linens, etc, etc.There are plenty of things we can and will get better at, but I'm prioritizing the stress level of my people as well as the very near disasters we've narrowly avoided, over the little bit of extra revenue we'd generate.

There has been had two lithium battery explosions/fire emergencies in the last 2 years.