We bought a house and closing docs were signed off on the Friday prior to Labor Day. 

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The court hired a process server to serve tenant, the tenant had 7 days to respond, she did not respond. 3) 7/9/2018 Because notice went uncontested I filed “application for entry of default judgment” 4) 8/13/2018 Default Judgement signed by the Judge.5) 8/21/2018  filed "Writ of Possession" (Min Seven days waiting period after default judgment signed)6) 8/24/2018 Writ of Possession signed by the Judge.

I inherited some bad tenants to say the least.Month 1: Paid in cashMonth 2: Paid on the 15thMonth 3: Did not pay.Month 4: No signs of paying for September.They are out at the end of the month.

I don't have money for a down payment and there are improvements that need to be made to the home that I want to use the equity for, so I thought maybe apply for a HELOC or home equity loan first since I will own the property once we sign the contract and then use some of that money towards the downpayment to pay off the seller and then I will be making lower payments.

I'm fine with signing up. 

Apparently if you sign a lease as an LLC the landlord can't exactly control who is staying in the apartment because it is under an LLC (Let me know if this isn't true).

They'll text if i left my garage open, they've brought our runaway dog back, signed for deliveries, they don't make a ruckus on weekends, etc...That being said, I would like to get their rent up to $1200-$1300 come lease renewal but that would be another significant increase.

I called the county and they said I need to have her sign a deed from her married name into her current name but I will need it notarized and she has no way of proving her former name, what can I do?

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