The old law stated that if a tenant didn't prevail in an eviction lawsuit within 60 days, their names get revealed and can be collected by tenant screening companies.The new law says that the names get reported only if the landlord wins within 60 days, or if the landlord wins after trial if longer than 60 days.  

Since you're already acting as a long-distance landlord, I would expect you'd be comfortable doing so again.

The plan is to have a door in the wall on a landing to the downstairs bath and add a standup shower. 

It is the fine details that are often different (eg, there is no such thing as a forclosure in Ontario, there is no "courthouse steps" auction, there is no "absentee owner list" and the rules regarding landlord/tenant are wildly anti-landlord here).

Comparing the information, you're around a -2% population growth, -0.22% job growth and a home vacancy of 10%.http://www.city-data.com/city/Plymouth-Michigan.ht...http://www.semcog.org/data-and-maps/community-prof...http://www.bestplaces.net/economy/city/michigan/pl...Now, even though Plymouth looks to be fairly stagnant, I'm assuming you know the surrounding areas and can see if people who live there commute elsewhere to jobs and if land surrounding or within the city limits can even be developed for potential housing or business growth. 

I spent the last 17 years working in the Internet industry, a roller coaster ride of feast and famine, only to land here.

The owner is not a professional landlord and the property is mismanaged and getting destroyed by the tenant...

I've done ground up development and building, redevelopment, fix/flip, private lending, non performing note workouts, buy/hold rentals, raw land speculating, and probably more if I really thought about all the deals I've done.  

Good questions Justin.You have several options: You can purchase it for $328,000 which right at $39 sqft for the land.

He is currently on a month to month lease with the seller.How would you fellow landlords solve this problem?