In Cook County it can take a year or more for an eviction.If the property was vacant it can still take several months after auction just to receive the deed and gain possession in Cook County.

But it is ample time to gain possession and get it re-rented.

The roommate did leave, but left all his possessions behind, including family heirlooms.

take the money.....possession, as they say, is 9/10ths of the law.

(present NOI was $100,000 if you were wondering) An added bonus on that one is that once we put all the pieces back together on humpty-dumpty, this park may attract institutional money due to the desirable characteristics it possesses.  

Haynes - I'd like to buy your real estate that has a code violationHello - excuse the intrusion - I am interested in making money off of your property - will you sell it to me for nothing down, take back some owner financing and give me immediate possession with a delayed settlement?

Could be a case of adverse possession.

So my father has been a landlord for about 20 years in Detroit, under his wing ive never once heard of a story like this Weve had a tenant in a house for about 5 years now, hes a decent tenant and he loved the house  so allowed him to buy the house off of us with a land contract.about 3 years ago the man decides to turn to a life of crime.this tenant heard about one of my father's units being destroyed, he said to my father " i know who did it and ill take care of it" the person who supposedly gutted our apartment ended murdered shortly after. the tenant claimed responsibility for it. at this point fearing for our lives we call the police on him, we tell them we are very sure he is selling drugs and this man is dangerous. the Detroit police watch him like a hawk, they raid the house and indeed find several amounts of cocaine and prescription meds. somehow the city lets him go, now the tenant is erratic with the payments. my father tries to confront him about the payments, this tenant somehow knows where our other business is located and tells him if he ever tries to evict, he will shoot us dead. since the first raid the police have raided the house and pulled him over several times, each time finding drugs in his possession each time getting let go. this last time we got a letter from the city of detroit ordering us to evict this tenant, we ask the police for help and  unfortunately we got nothing. the major of Detroit himself sues us and shows up to court, he makes a statement that it is our responsibility to take care of the "nuisance" and not the responsibility of the city with the city refusing to help and instead telling us to evict or they will take the home. my father has decided to let the home fall into tax foreclosure. the house is worth 20-35k defiantly not worth anyone's life. 

I think enough time has passed that the tax buyer could go petition the courts to gain possession.

An eviction is to remove anyone who is in "Possession" of the home, not just people who are on the lease.