If you put down 20% down payment you would still be facing a mortgage of about ~3,000 a month (5% interest and other assumptions) the other side of the duplex is a 3 bedroom and would need to pull in about ~1,000 a month per bedroom to cover your expenses.

Homeless and no money, facing divorce and she is depending on me?

Please keep updating it I would love to know how is it going and how you are facing all the challenges people like us meet in this world. 

My aim here is to learn as much as possible with the detailed knowledge of real estate terms and all the different types of foreclosures, mortgages and buying and selling problems especially home owners face or people who face bank interventions for forced home foreclosures.

I got my real estate license after I had been doing this for 5 years.....buying, rehabbing, personally owning property, managing dozens of tenants, recycling capital through lenders, negotiating contracts, worrying and planning.I didn't get a license any sooner because I could represent someone with a straight face that I knew what I was doing.Frank

It's seems as though landlords do not have the right to terminate tenancy  in the state of new jersey.Has anyone faced this issue before?

I have a messy but interesting first opportunity...Friend of a friend is in bankruptcy and facing eviction but has good employment and a good pay record.

It's tough to trust when your facing a stressful situation of a pending foreclosure etc and the overwhelming mailings and contact can make many want to shutter the doors and not respond to help initially.If you continue to door knock, stagger your trips between a couple of weeks and try evenings and weekends etc. 

Poor management has put the real estate trust that owns it behind on taxes and facing a tax foreclosure.  

I can't believe how many places have horrible photos you barely can see and it makes look like a dump.on the flip side I see a lot of photos where someone tried filtering the photos to look more impressive and it looks unrealistic.