Best of luck on your future endeavors. 

Unfortunately, anything other than this, will probably not be helpful to anybody involved...but, I am more than willing to be proven wrong.Thanks again for your reply and attempt to help me.

at first I had trouble contacting the people inside even with letters and knocking on their door regularly. after multiple attempts what ended up working was a hand written letter that made the tenant call me because he said it felt more personal.

To test the durability I take a key to them, and attempt to scratch them.

At this point, my dad and I decided we would no longer discuss our REI operations with close friends/family.It wasn't until I bought my 3rd that I stopped getting negativity, and we are now opening up about our endeavors, which is important because we all know from BP how that opens doors. 

The biggest issues that I've seen other people have while attempting to do this is HOA.

It is part of our screening process to try to attempt to find long term tenants that are not going to leave at their first opportunity whether that is in one month, 6 months, or a year.  

Prior to attempting to garnish wages, I was successful at levying her bank account.

If your Zillow value holds (may not) you'll be able to get some cash out toward your next endeavor. 

I will reach out, thanks again and good luck on your endeavors as well!