With The way  the non-advalorem taxes are collected the Seller of the relinquished property ended up with 189 credit and they were concerned with taking any cash as a result of a sale thinking it may trigger a tax event... so they opted to have that credit increase the amount of proceeds they received.

I was able to receive maintenance requests, automate rent collection and syndicate my listings.

The Recorders office collects various fees and how the fees effect landlords as we do multiply transactions.

I mean for as a portal to collect rent, screen tenants, and list properties.

Now I hired a lawyer to handle it and yes that's more money and I'm still not guaranteed to collect if they award me any money because he may not even be licensed, because NC doesn't require you to have a license to do renovation on a job under 30000.

Then they try to collect deposit and rent and move a prospect into the property.

I’m also middle of the map, slightly less capital chasing than you have in NC so maybe part of my optimism.

You are assuming a perfect world for the stock investment, but applying sub optimal assumptions/strategies to the real estate investing.

What’s is the preferred way to collect rent.

You could try to get a judgement against the borrower and attempt to collect any exempt property that person may haveNEVER EVER LEND MONEY ON REAL ESTATE WITH A PROMISSORY NOTE.