Hello everyone,Over the past year or two, filing taxes for myself has become increasingly more complicated...

To put things into perspective, I have a 635 credit score (because of some unpaid student loans in the past), am in the process of re-building my credit score, but want to leverage outside capital sooner rather than later..I'd appreciate any help!

If the past due rent is to the old owner do I have to collect that from them? 

They are leaches and will likely cause considerable stress compared to your past 4 years with your tenant.

There are plenty of brokers and plenty of ways to do things, you have to find what works for you.In my opinion there are 4 main ways to make it past the 80% + fail out rate:1) Pay huge amounts of money in marketing to pull in leads, buyers and sellers.2) Spend 17 hours (no kidding) a day calling, talking, asking, networking with people to get leads3) Ride the coattails of someone who is the "rainmaker" bringing you clients.

@Will Biestek In the past my door knocking was aimed at getting listings.  

Try Oswaldo Torres at Las Americas Real Estate  2190 Madison Ave, Bridgeport, CT 06606 I have worked with Oswaldo for the past 12+ years.

These people have trusted me over the past 3-4 years, and I’ve made them good money flipping SFH.

I've worked with Jim in the past and I'd planned to use his services, but he's on vacation until March 3rd.

This is a copy and paste from the lease I use: REPAIRS, PEST CONTROL AND DAMAGES.