Despite this, the county is collecting taxes from rentals, and fining landlords.

:I respectfully have to disagree with you, @jscott. 7 out of the top 10 high schools are located in Montgomery county including the overall #1 (Which has been for awhile) Walt Whitman.http://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/...As with anything education related, you can generally find data that supports anything/everything. 

Is there anyone familiar with NC collection procedures (actually having experienced the judgment recovery process in NC), who could give me a little more insight?

So I was wondering How everyone does rent collection.

I have thought about setting up a non-profit to collect donations to tear down some of these old eyesores.

I collect rent checks in person even though I have a PO BOX set up and the tenants got a welcome package from me and I have re-signed all leases as my LLC as Lessor & tenant as Lessee’s.

Priceless.And the pitch, I guess, is 'A collection agency may charge 50% of what's collected... and 50% of $0 is $0.

This guy should probably sell his rentals!

http://www.kirotv.com/news/news/landlord-strips-down-front-tenant/ncjxG/

Difference between discharged and dismissed.Dismissed is when through the repayment plan of a chapter 13 for example payments are missed or there is another reason the case is filed to be dissolved voluntary or involuntary.Generally the banks that own the note will not talk to the property owner during a BK unless they direct and authorize in writing that it is okay because the bank can get fined for violating the stay and pursuing a collection activity.You can have a BK still in place but the lender on the property or the filer might allow a relief of stay for just the house etc.

In this regard, we can use the Census Bureau data to see how many homes are just sitting vacant, owner occupied or being rented.