Often enough, a borrower will file bankruptcy up to the day of a foreclosure sale we perform for lenders, and so we assist clients in representing them in federal bankruptcy court to lift the automatic stay - allowing us to continue with the foreclosure.For evictions, REIs will typically do it themselves or hire a service because it is cheaper. 

I plan on investing in Real Estate some time in the near futureI've been wondering on whether buying a house and paying for a mortgage will be a smarter investment instead of continuing to pay rent at the apartment I'm living in.

@Fernando Enrile I'm curious how things have played out? 

Selling could go a long way in helping me secure some rental investments in my area but if the market continues the way its going Id like to maximize my profits.

I have one particular tenant who will continually make nonsense calls all hours of the day and night.

I may be totally off here on my thinking, and if so, please continue to show me where I'm missing something. 

Then they would wake up and continue to do the same thing day after day after day. 

Right now, I'm planning on trying to get a job at a large commercial real estate broker when I graduate, so I can continue to learn more about the business as I begin to invest.

They are continually updating maps which can put properties in flood planes and remove properties from flood planes.

I would recommend 2x your current wage income in cash flow before retiring your wage job.I have a friend that has about 25 doors and was working a plan towards walking away and his company laid him off about 12 months early...he worked it out anyway, just less money saved, and now he continues to do new and bigger deals with partners.