What about the costs of serving them papers and the court itself?

You will most likely spend thousands more to not see a dime even if you win a judgment in court.

Roof, foundation, and HVAC appear to be okay.

Violations of the ordnance may result in citations being issued and repeated violations may result in the animal(s) being impounded and the owner being required to attend a hearing in Justice Court.I don't want to take this to court but not having a tenant is driving away $1000s of dollars from my pocket.

Right now you have to be a "sophisticated investor" in order to take advantage of these opportunities but it appears the the JOBS act will loosen these restrictions..if the SEC gets off their butt.

It appears to be at least 75% inhabited, but that is about all the information I can gather at the time.

On day 7 I filed, only for the court lady to tell me that the next possible court date was something like 2 weeks out, ended up Dec. 3rd!

I would add that you should try your hardest to not appear NEEDY.

It appears the lender is allowing that note to remain in place as a first position, therby allowing future advances and a portion of the 350k loan be secured as a second mortgage on that property.

All that debt will be a good deal when you get to pay it back with cheaper dollars after the impending inflation from the government's policy of cheap money kicks in.When you need to buy the wife's car buy a used car for cash-- car loan rates appear cheap but they are not because you're borrowing money for an asset that looses value rapidly.