So, you are brave, you just need to figure out how to be more assertive and again, that does NOT make you a *****. 

You might want to get your accountant on the phone to figure out the tax bit.

I'm still trying to figure out this investment's risk score, and how I can buy performing notes.

But since the tenant was not given an address to know where the court was located they gave him a new date.I figured the tenant was playing games, so I hired an attorney to go to the new court date with me.New Court Date: Tenant shows up this time.

But now with the amount I do have left over from that sale (about 20K), and no debt, I figured I should start off with a single family home or a duplex out-of-state.

After value, you need to figure out costs. 

Since I have never worked with a commercial real estate agency, could someone share if this is a reliable way to get some ballpark figures on raw land?

You should determine every single expense that the property will have and figure out what is fair market value is when underwriting every deal.

For some reason they filled out the application so that their current address (As far as I can figure) is listed under previous addresses and the current address field is blank.   

Generally lenders look at that figure as 10% so if you reduce your monthly number by 10%, you're in the hole monthly.