Hey there, a little background: I purchased my first investment property at the end of December, which is an owner(me)-occupied triplex located in DeKalb county in Georgia, USA.Everything is going well, I've moved in to the unit, I have a roommate, and I've rented out the other unit to a great tenant, However, here is the snag: I inherited an existing tenant who had been in the property for almost 9 months and is historically chronically late on paying rent, but he has always paid it.His story: He apparently used to have a stable job when he first got the lease, but now he does freelance general contracting/handyman work.

@Will Barnard Haha yes you are correct, 25k buys you a fruit stand out here in Orange County if you're lucky.

I was wondering if anyone knew how to pull records of landlords dealing with evictions in the Hudson County NJ Area?

I pride myself on offering the best customer service and knowledge to my clients and I feel as if this could be a great resource for me to learn more about the investing side.My business model is to accumulate multi-family residences in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties and manage them myself until I find that hiring a property manager as leverage is my best bet.

At some point I would love to expand......how is the market/inventory down there; specifically Henrico County?

I think it will eventually start happening but it depends on when the money starts flowing to developers from Federal, county, city agencies to offset project costs to make it worthwhile again.

Also, Do you know if the kind of tax lien makes a different: ie; unpaid county taxes vs unpaid federal income taxes that are liens against property?

Even here in my state where we get them out fast some counties such as Fulton has limited Marshall staff to serve the evictions which increases another 4 to 6 weeks on getting them out in that county.

State College has approximately 50,000 people with a total of about 100,000 in the entire county, so I am familiar with a city the size of Portland.

I am on the verge of purchasing a list of four counties.