They've been very underhanded and petty though, I do expect a court filing if we simply ignore.

Dallas was the hot market post the financial collapse of 2008.

I wanted to begin the eviction process ASAP but don't want to wait a month for a court date and find out that it was done incorrectly. thanks for any input

Hi, pre foreclosure in all of its permutations, before the bank sends Notice of Default (NOD) or efter which is state even county dependant but often starts a 4 week clock till the trustee auction are the 2nd most difficult deal scenario and IMHO only experienced investors should bother, the 1st most difficult deal scenario are bidding at the court house steps on lord only knows what is being auctioned off sometimes even 2nd mortgages, you need to do so much home work to attempt to reduce your risk at the court house steps...Pre foreclosure no one talks about these issues, always about the nice sounding stuff like "motivated seller" get a good deal etc etc both are usually not the case.- 95% of folks in pre or post NOD want to stay in their house, keep their house inspite of them 100% will loose the house at the auction. 

Improve your credit and financials so lenders are willing to take a chance on you.

How would you approach this situation to keep scaling while staying financially stable?

Tenant issues are more likely to arise and then you have the owner....many aren't qualified expertise wise or financially to weather the storm.

This deal proved to be the perfect balance of financial gain and personal enjoyment.

There is an much art as science in financial projections and numbers change with the market.  

If you have a business you can grow and get financially rewarded that is higher priority then leaving that.