I understand that the foreclosure process may not last that long. 

Your attorney or his process server should have some ideas on finding them?

The payment appeared to be in processing, but after 4-5 days it was declined.

Hi all,I'm a new small-time landlord figuring out my process for screening tenants for an apartment in Chicago.

You could sell it and purchase up to a 4 plex and live in one unit while renting the rest (house hack).

This part of the process really scares me.

Hello team, I am in the process of exploring a potential investment for a potential flip.

in Sojac these days its pretty much landlord dominated and values only track what a landlord is willing to pay for a given cash flow exit is very limited there is not much in the way of owner occ their anymore.when i first started lending in Jackson about 2003 there was a ton of owner occ flipping going on in sojac and thats all we did.. then the lending rules tightened in that area and the only exit became to sell to landlords and mainly out of state landlords as there simply is not enough local landlords to take up the inventory that has become available there. 

If you do it right, the returns are better and you have control, meaning you can refi, sell or hold in the time frame you choose.  

Sell the current house (current mortgage at 3%) and use the gain for down payment and 1031 exchange for the new home.