By a power of sale clause or by suit and judgement.

The judgement amount will be posted (it could be more than the short sale) you'll need ~10% at bidding certified check & close w cash in 30 days... at least in my neck of the woods.

In Calif. a judgement is good for 10 years.

These people are often judgement proof.

They usually run through the whole docket in a couple of hours.BTW, where I am in VA, when you do follow through with the evection process, the court only issues a "judgement", that they have to pay the fees(back rent, legal fees, etc..) and the gives you the right to evict. 

The maximum judgement: 3x the original security deposit amount.2.

Thereafter you pay an attorney to appear on your behalf (70% of the tenants don't show up to court)  After you receive the judgement your tenant will be given about 10-14 days to move out.

Did you or your Attorney ask for a monetary judgement?

I would get a few local real estate agents to give you their value judgement and take 20-30% off that as a conservative estimate.  

House is deep into the foreclosure cycle with final judgement issued and auction date set.