The 2 answers above me are great, but it sounds like you do not want to be as formal and forgive me if I’m wrong, don’t mean anything by it. 

Agreed with this, BUT, first I would follow my states laws surrounding abandoned property and follow the formal process to have the abandoned vehicles titled to me.

We're very lucky in that we have a realty practice as well, but I'm super-lucky to have a wife that is not only an agent, but also an investor who has a formal degree in architectural realated design.

Other municipalities require people to submit formal requests for information, or to visit the local clerk’s office to pull the records themselves.Another option is paid platforms like Reonomy or ProspectNow, which allow you to search and find multi family property owners across the U.S. and access their contact information.Let’s take a look at how you can locate multi family property owners using public records, Reonomy, and a few other sources, like local chambers of commerce and brokerage firms.All the best!

Then, use that information to come up with several offers to get her out of your property quickly such as: 1) tell her you won't formally report her to section 8 supervisor 2) you won't put an 'eviction' on her record 3) direct her to another location that you know of 4) give back some of the security deposit or 5) offer to pay part of her downpayment.

In the meantime you have equitable ownership and total responsibility for the maintenance, insurance, taxes, etc. of that vehicle.Like a mortgage, the land contract is a security device but it lacks many of the formalities of the mortgage law.

Susan, most Foreclosures in CA are non judicial, which means the county/city court system has nothing to do with them.

My dad will give me a formal private loan for the cash so makes no sense for me not to do so.

@Caleb Pratt-  no - fha loans  arent  usable for an investment property  purchase ....FHA loans are for  primary residence purchases  ...you can  buy as  a primary residence and use a FHA loan and down the road you can  always move and rent it out .....you will liekly need a  down payment of min  15% of the purchase price  for a  SFR  investment  property .....get  formally pre approved  with a lender so that  you become  familiar with  the  numbers and  can make sure you can get  approved for what you need/ want 

We have to trust the judicial system to carry out justice.