Maybe you can do a "ride along" and visit the property if possible.

In all reality he didn't know how to properly manage a property and the eviction process sounded too scary so he gave in and the tenants got a free ride for many months.

Once I have that information, I usually will go over to the property appraisers site to get the owners information and then ride by the property to see if it is vacant. 

I don't want to ride it out again.

At this point, we are inclined to just let them ride and reset for the next 5-year term.

If I happen upon a great deal I will follow up; otherwise I’ll just ride it out.

So I thought I would take this time to reflect on all that has happened since then.Before BP – I worked a 50+ hour a week corporate job and had 3 properties with plans to aggressively pay them off and in 15-20 years be able to quit my job and live off rent incomeAfter BP – I quit my job within 9 months of drinking the BP Kool-Aid and now have 30+ properties and 90+ units and I started my own real estate brokerage and website business and networking conference for investors.It has been a wild ride!

Put a renter in there and ride the mortgage until you have clicked through a big chunk of the principal.

Whiling riding my speed-bike (biking for dollars) around our neighborhood, I came across a good amount of vacant multi-family buildings with absolutely no “for sale” nor any owner information.

Whiling riding my speed-bike (biking for dollars) around our neighborhood, I came across a good amount of vacant multi-family buildings with absolutely no “for sale” nor any owner information.