The simplest procedure is to find out what is owed to the bank including late payment penalties, fees etc.

Should we just go through the procedure that we went through to buy this property?

Things that should have been done are neglected because they assume all states have the same procedures.8.

A lot of the buy and hold people on the site have clear written policies, its key to have clear criteria and procedures for screening tenants and then to apply these fairly and consistently.

I am putting together the procedures and spreadsheets to crunch the numbers for various properties (still in the early stages of this) to make sure that I only go after the fair, good, and hopefully great deals.I came here mainly seeking information at first, browsing without really posting myself, creating a membership, etc...

Standard operating procedure and they should have told you that they were doing that in the first place.

Great learning lesson, while covid made certain procedures (hiring, supplies, etc) harder it forced a learning lesson that has been proving valuable in our later projects.

If it were apparent to me that they weren't going to retrieve the stuff I'd have my attorney serve notice to them pursuant to the civil code section that governs abandoned personal property after an eviction (the language of the notice is very specific) and follow the procedure to auction the stuff.Now, I just described what I would do. 

You can do Joint Ventures or do the "one off" on your own and it doesn't require the paperwork and procedures required if you are both in one LLC. 

Were they looking for the neighbor, or is it just common procedure to let all the neighbors know that there may be some excitement in the future?