Saving money costs money, if you have room to raise the rents that's the best solution.

Because you will now have the full knowledge of her issues as well, and are not guessing what is happening, and you may be able to offer a solution to stop the junk being thrown onto your yard.I would approach the conversation with her like this:- Knock on door- Person answers the door- "Hi, my name is Corey, I am your new neighbour and I just wanted to intriduce myslef and get to know my neighbours personally and hopefully start on a good note with everyone"- Conversation happens here- "Before I go, I just wanted to ask, there has been some items and garbage been thrown into my yard for the past couple of days, and I am not certain what is going on, and all I want to do is solve this issue peacefully, so I was wondering if you know of anyone doing this in the past or if it was for a particular reason?"

The good news is that local VAMC's that work with the program tend to monitor these veterans closely.Don't accept a veteran simply because they are a vet.  

I've been monitoring the past ~6 months and it's finally going to auction!

@joseph 70% after repaired Value minus repairs doesn't work for the seller but what might work is a joint venture with a sellerSometimes it's better to talk to the seller directly with the agent and tell them exactly how the real estate investor world works Pencil out a possible solution 70% of ARV minus repairsIf that number is terrible then tell them you would consider doing a joint venture where you would bring in your own money to repair the house and then resell it with the realtor getting a commissionI would bring in a rehabber GC where they could guarantee the repairs on a certain budget and you get private money for that amount of repairsI would charge a fee of 5 to 7% of value for joint venture fee650- 65 costs to sell with commissions and closing costs - 200 in repairs - 32 jv feeSay 350k net to sellerBeats the 291 MAO1 buy w private mortgage no payments for 6 mo2 own it and repair it with private money3 resell it w agent4 pay off note to seller and private money loan@Joseph ChillemiGo Red Sox Nation!

There's alot of bad info here and on a few threads on LinkedIn that are still advocating Seller Financing as the grand solution for getting more than the house is worth and avoiding agent listing fees.My comment above was refering to that there is a hard limit for the seller financing exemption to being licensed AND in my reading the LMLO is a requirement for using the limited exemption.  

Now that you've completed the purchase, it's your responsibility.Hire a professional to assess the damage and come up with a solution.

Many of the mistakes made were avoidable if only the investor had followed some basic solutions prior to committing to the purchase.

That's the solution phase.  

Should be some good locals that monitor that forum who can help advise on where to go.