Without giving away too much of what is an ongoing process of discovery, this gave me greater clarity  - could I keep the property filled at the right price that enabled the investment to pay for itself?

We've established a 10 year plan that should enable us to have acquired enough properties to be financially independent enough to where we can travel the world!  

We also require a standardized form be completed on all request of this kind.Suggestion:If you do not understand databases, it may be in your best interest to "subscribe" to a third party service, as they can decipher large files rather easily.

Often the county tax assessor's website will have records of the property's sale history, with deed book & page references that you can look up either in the state clerk of court's online database or at the real estate office in the county courthouse.

Being in the management business for almost 15 years now, one of the greatest lessons I have learned is that you as a manager or owner can allow/enable a distressed tenant to dig themselves a hole too deep for them to climb out of...regardless of their best intentions.  

Is there a database I could search them and find there current information so I could contact them?

My opinion of what the unit needs may be much different than how they may perceive what it needs and what they feel it needs may turn out to be far less expensive.If I can't work out a feasible deal with current tenants to enable me to get in and do work needed, I think I will probably wait for then to vacate naturally, I don't want to force them out when they are actually paying rent.

You do make money by buying at a discount.With that in mind, I wanted to invite you and anyone else reading to join our Investor Database.

Do these services have the newsgroups and ezines already in a database or is it that you have to build your own database and the system helps you manage it?

I then go to the eviction clerk and ask them politely to run the owner's name in their database.