They will pick up the most recent local info on the tenant that the national companies won't get.For instance, if you are in a smaller community the court system may not report judgments until after you have them in your property.

To leave it with the property owner might cause some individual homeowners to lose their home but then an investor that can handle fixing the problem will be able to benefit and restore the home to functionality.

Hi @Ryan Meader I find my properties, all under 30k, by creatively using the 20 mile radius functions on realtor.com.

The county deed records don’t mention the reason for the suit, just the court docket #.

If the house is functional, that's a lot to spend on cosmetics to make it rent ready.

This requires fixing one basement wall that was damaged during the driveway job this spring.Moving the kitchen to the 1st floor bedroom and opening that up into the dining room to creat better flow and function.

Of course that is a function of who the tenants were.I wouldn't let that kind of concern sway you from buying a multi to live in.

Am I able to remove their stuff and change the locks or do I still need to go through formal proceedings to go through the court and get an eviction order?

The accouterments of the land could be depreciated, even though the land could not.Or say you owned a surface parking lot, the asphalt could be depreciated though the land itself could not.Or at an apartment complex, the swimming pool, tennis courts, playground equipment, and other improvements could be depreciated though the land it self could not.Somebody I know owns land under a national chain hotel.

we still have a hard time with Insurance coverage on anything vacant unless we have a fully functional & monitored alarm system installed or someone bunks down for a couple of weeks.