And even then, it's a big risk for the tenant, because in the meantime, you can start eviction (which puts an unlawful detainer action on their eviction record) for nonpayment of rent.  

Swanny must spend some time staying on top of the manager, or his properties could crash before his next visit.The beauty of the real estate business is that you can mix and match techniques to come up with a business that works for you.  

If u still want to do this how about getting a property manager in your local area this way your kind of hands off and just observe the things they do..if u want to be successful immulate techniques they do.Again this is just way I see things.

The attorney said that if I were to move his belongings out of the property or change the locks without going through all of the legal steps it would be an unlawful eviction - even though he had never submitted an application and wasn't on a lease.Obviously this was an extreme and unusual situation. 

The law make it unlawful to discriminate on the bases of race, color, religion, sex, and national origin, disability, and familial status."

Your client had been evicted and if he was on my property and if he was hurt, he was unlawfully trespassing.

This is why a property manager vs. being friends w/ tenants tends to be the preferred technique I think. 

Consider telling them to keep you in mind, or maybe apply wholesaler techniques, as wholesalers can come up with creative options sometimes to help bump them over the selling edge.

Dave Ramsey's debt-payoff program is second to none and a technique that 99% of the population would do well to follow.

Here's a great free article where she is interviewed:https://southphillyreview.com/...One technique that served me well was to chat them up while I walked with them to show them the unit and then out of the blue asked them, "So why are you moving right now?"