@Michael Gayer Jr, no harm in asking.

Get in the habit of immediately writing a note on the top as to what property it's for and what it's for.

You do $10,000 worth of improvements to get the property to a habitable state and now you've got $20,000 in it.

If you can afford to do it get in the habit of doing a 15 yr note over a 30 yr note if you plan to hold them for a long long time.

If you want to know what happened, why not pick up the phone, call the listing agent, and ask ... they may not tell you, but no harm in asking, right?

If there was a legitimate habitability issue why did a judge evict them?  

But if you have vintage 1928 across the board--steer clear (I would) due to investment required to make it safe and habitable. 1970 in original condition you could probably make work for less.

While doing so you will have developed a habit; as well as learning and retaining real estate investing information without struggling.Bigger Pockets has various resources such as: ebooks, forums, webinars, podcasts, keyword alerts, an awards system, a learn section, colleagues, informative people in many fields of real estate, and more.

1) likely no harm in waiting 30 days or so, since they're over priced2) most FSBO's are open to working with a buyer's agent, particularly if it's been listed for a few weeks or so.

I've worked with contractors who initially didn't perform up to my expectations, but because they were otherwise reliable/punctual and trustworthy and charged a fair price, I kept working with them while they got in the habit of doing things the way I wanted.