Ever since the beginning of my career in late 2011, the airlines have been on an upward trajectory, following suit with the rest of the global economy.

You can also look online in many places to see court records and see if he filed other suits or if other people filed suits against this current landlord.

As such, generally an attorney is better suited to assist you with this (especially since it could be considered the "unauthorized practice of law" in California if a CPA performed this for you). 

Good luck man, I might be following suit and start renting out to veterans. 

A low income area for a new buy & hold at the moment would probably not be ideal if this is your first investment.

The other positive to filing the complaint is that any agreement reached on repayment would be considered a settlement of the eviction suit, and a settlement agreement could be filed with the court. 

Ideally, I want to do the owner financing 100% through him.

You could potentially be ordered by a judge to compensate one of both agents as part of that suit, but it's very rare.

Does anyone have any recommendations for regional/local banks or bankers in Greenville, SC that are particularly suited to RE investing?

I was wanting to see if anyone here regularly looked at properties through the eyes of potentially doing master suite additions to some of these small 2 bed 1 bath homes in hot neighborhoods.