There is are some loans that just look at debt service rationFred, I default to your knowledge here since this is your world! 

Whoever you use for a contractor, try to include a default provision in their contract, where if they stop work for more than a week barring acts of nature, then you can cancel the contract and keep the unpaid amounts as liquidated damages. 

If he truly has nothing he won’t be able to defend himself and you’ll win a default judgement.From there yes you can place a lien against his house, so whoever wants to buy it next will have to pay you as well.

It’s not my lease but it basically spells out overstaying their welcome as being “in default” @Brian S.

That means, that if they miss a pmt you get a call/notified right away.NNN deals are nice, but you don't want a tenant putting you in default and then finding out a ways down the road if he doesn't pay.

Non paying tenants are damaging to landlords.I am sympathetic to covid related tenant defaults and I work with them. 

This is why for us to put less than 20% down on a property, we must also pay for Mortgage default insurance.

You can't "force" somebody to sell --- maybe unless you are in a Godfather movie or something...The foreclosure process is how the holder of the Note takes Title judicially as the lendee has defaulted on the payments.It seems from your description that the loan is greater than the the market value of the property. 

Has anyone acquired a property through Tax-Defaulted Property Auction?

Without knowing all the details, I generally default to hire a GC.