He agrees to XXXX (fill in the blank, go see lawyer, get home health aid, get cleaning person etc) and never follows through with anything.  

Do you guys use lawyers when investing in out of state properties to go over contact ?

Probably lawyer time. 

Getting people into renovated and recycled homes is empowering to neighborhoods and to those that maintain them.I know I rambled but if anybody has any interest in moving this discussion forward or further questions on my prompt I would love to hear from you, thanks a lot.

Thanks,Nate I'm not a lawyer and this is not legal advice, but there's a broad consensus that they aren't counting the number of total awake hours in the home, they are counting the number of nights your head is asleep on a pillow in that home, and >50% makes it a primary residence. 4 out of 7 nights a week would seem to tick that box.

They may have an obligation to secure the property pending probate, and maybe that's where that comes from, but if that's not the case it sounds like it was landlord self-help because rent was not paid and any lawyer's letter should be able to resolve that pretty quickly. 

My only real advice is ask a lawyer. 

Those businesses had massive cash reserves, good insurance, and an army of lawyers to make sure their insurance pays.The small strip mall businesses were left abandoned, many were looted, and store owners had to protect by themselves with guns.Blanket moratoriums on evictions wipe out even more of the middle class since most smaller landlords in class c buildings are locals.

We work with a lawyer and that's what he does automatically every year.

@Curt Davis According to the lawyer that is handling the cases, there is no redemption period.