It take just a little over a month to evict someone, and if they are not paying rent, it's very easy to get possession of the house and a judgement.  

See if you can take possession of the homes that are being foreclosed upon.

Civil Code Section 1950.5(b) specifies what can be deducted.If the tenant waives the right to documentation receipts are not required.No later than 21 days after regaining possession, the appropriate security deposit amount should be returned.I give the tenants an option to do a pre-inspection about 10 days before move out. 

Remember they are in possession of about $500k worth of your property.

Should we just get a notarized affidavit of small succession(I'm buying for $6,500), or do we have to have a judgement of possession in court?

Just found this, I don't think she qualifies for "squatters rights" or adverse possession.

I had a tenant who had what I understood to be a minor possession case on his record, several years earlier.

Recently reaching age 42 I realize the need to leverage my strengths: speaking English, Spanish, Italian, possessing a class B CDL, computer graphics experience, tech savvy, verbal communication, and writing skills rather than rely on the low ROI of ditch digging.

Unfortunately, one of my own attorneys (I have at least six regulars) became radioactive by representing the clown who tried adverse possession on a wholesale basis.

You can sell and give possession of a property and delay the settlement past the time required to season title.