I can honestly say the negative experiences turned me away from trying to follow my parents’ footsteps but I have returned full circle and have decided to think outside the box and put the negative memories behind me (not forgotten though).

Do you mean where a lawsuit has gone it's course and the Judge has ordered a sale or do you mean people who haven't paid their mortgage and the bank has decided to do a foreclosure (Trustee Sale)?

Trying to decide where/how to invest next.  

Also, you can’t ask the tenant to cover your rent until the housing department decides to pay you.  

If it's a small multi-family flip that you only need $200K for, or if the only people who will be investing are family and friends, deals along these lines.. syndication would be a terrible choice because of the resources it requires.However, if you want to take down an entire apartment complex, or a big office space, and require millions in capital for which you'll need to go outside of your inner circle, syndication is basically a necessity.So, you need to know all the nitty gritty about your deals before deciding how to structure it in terms of raising private equity.

After having a few banks evaluate the property and receiving strong indications of a favorable LTV and interest rates I decided to move forward with the deal.

Ok, so here is some info on me to help you decide.

You have to decide which way you can cash out more  within 6month or after  6 month. 

Accept the pet and charge the monthly feeYou will have to decide for yourself what works best.

Then you have to decide if it’s worth enforcing - or just deal with this one and consider it a lesson learned for future tenants.