The only way to buy a pre-forclosure is to knock on the door and confront the owner - the reaction is mostly unfriendly.You can buy a property at the sherriff sale - you will have to bid against the bank (represented by an attorney), pay cash and you are buying not only the property, but also any liens (debt) that is recorded against the property. 

I would be upfront with your concerns and confront him about it.

It takes a person who can handle lots of rejection and confrontation. 

Challenging confronting tenants to ask for payment, however it's necessary and the nerves will go away.

I spoke to a local PM friend and he says he tells people he advertise rentals in the local Irish paper when confronted with the same issue. 

This, it can be argued, is a more appropriate approach for a state confronting not only a climate emergency but also a housing crisis.

Instead of tempestuously confronting them (both parties where not home) I decided to ask around the forms for advice on how to approach this?

It is hard to piece together what happened exactly because the stories don't match up, but it appears that Tenant A threatened/chased Tenant B's guests with a baseball bat after they rang her doorbell repeatedly at 2 AM (they had the wrong apartment), and then when an angry Tenant B confronted her, she yelled and screamed and hit him multiple times with her screen door.

We confront wife who is the partner.

The conversation doesn't need to be confrontational.