I have a contact for a colleague of his, who has attempted to contact his daughter, but the colleague hasn't been able to contact the contractor either.Any advice?

I have only ever attempted Delayed Finance with long-term rentals as typically the lender will want to see a long-term lease in place before they will refinance but perhaps some lenders will let you get away with doing short-term tenants.

Such program shall attempt, to the extent permitted by appropriations, to locate all premises in which the paint, plaster or other accessible structural material contains dangerous levels of lead. ... 

I've been following the advice I read on the blogs of listening to podcasts, reading books, and attempting to analyze deals.

We have access to a $250,000 HELOC and $65,000 cash on hand we are willing to invest.I have owned two residential rentals in the past and have managed them both myself, I am at a point in my life where I do not want to do that again.Our first deal together will be her first deal.We have both been studying real estate investing all year long and plan on pushing for our first deal as of January next year so our finances will be aligned.I am leaning more towards a quad plex minimum or to even attempt to push into commercial size rentals instead or even try and find a small strip mall since I've read multiple places that commercial is a lot more beneficial and it's easier to manage businesses rather than tenants (but with the right property management I suppose neither of those points matter)She would rather start smaller, still multifamily but a duplex or triplex max due to simplicity and to get our feet wet first.

We have a lawyer and are going to attempt to take legal action, but lawsuits can take a long time and still not produce money.

Cue disaster.The risk of the bad loans didn’t go away, it was transformed into a systemic risk to the very financial system itself.SO when people started defaulting on mortgages, the CMBS holders got banged and attempted to collect in the CDS insurance policies.

When we attempted last time to get the eviction orders the tenant showed up to court and showed that at some point she had COVID and was only working part time.

Lastly, though it may be unlikely, if a party with an interest in the property comes back and claims they weren't properly notified of the tax sale, they can attempt to have the tax sale and all subsequent conveyances set aside. 

@Ashley Pinnell I used Hondros and passed both the state and national on my first attempt.