Can any of the note investors tell me the cost (ball park figure) of the foreclosure process in judicial and non-judicial states.

@David Chriswick Thanks, I plan to keep you guys up to date when I get the ball rolling!

Equity creation/capture builds wealth, not small ball cash-flow.  

Is there some magic ball that tells them?

You just started the ball rolling so you have no idea how well you will do next year.

You can/should request the current owner post a 5 day pay or quit to get the ball rolling on an eviction, but you most likely cannot force his hand.

Below are a couple of tips to getting the ball rolling from my experience! 

As @Frank Maratta noted above, thorough screening can help weed out the serial wrecking-balls, but some people are always going to lash out at a perceived slight or out of frustrations that you may have nothing to do with. 

It seems that the ball is really in the tenants court.

I have made low ball offers on properties that needed a lot of time and money to get up to market price.