We were focused on BRRRR strategy attempting to buy SFR for cash--our target price was $150K or less/rehab up to $50K/all in at 75% ARV/$200 per month cashflow/min 15% CoCROI. 

Does everyone think I should attempt to buy the first SFH as the second is not guaranteed and see what happens down the road assuming the SFH shows well when I see it and etc. and play the second one by ear?

As others have mentioned, I recommend serving notice when the resident is late the next time...and also attempting cash for keys (which likely won't work because he won't have many places to go and he's got it made for the near future).

At this point they owe me more than 20k and just ignoring all my attempts to talk to them.I really have no idea what to do but hope and pray that I can get them out one day and maybe just maybe collect the money owed to me over many years as their balance is quite large.Very frustrating and has me petrified of my few other tenants in terms of trying to get them out and or get a rent raise to just cover the recent massive hike in real estate taxes the county put in place to cover their supposed deficit, never mind getting to market rent which has skyrocketed last few months (im in valley stream) for large single family homes.

With COVID this is understandable, but with restaurants opening back up I think we should attempt a meet up.

@Lisa Jones I have a lot of experience in Florida doing what you're attempting to do, buy the property before the tax deed sale happens.

I attempted to contact the Harris county for the file but still waiting on this document.

The buck has to stop somewhere and no one wants to see innocent people evicted however at this point I have to question their innocents if they have still not found any work or made any attempt to pay for this extended period of time.  

When I sat down and did the numbers I quickly saw 3 things: 1) I would need to build a huge portfolio which would take a lot of years 2) To get the cash flow I wanted I would need to attempt to do as much of the property management as possible a.k.a. job #2  3) I may have to invest out of state which would mean turn-keys or property management from a distance. 

After several attempts to communicate with him I finally found that the wife's name should have been on the lease and there was a typo.