I'm interested in learning more about the different neighborhoods/areas and corresponding rents, as well as connecting with folks that know the market.Aside from lawyering and investing, I love golf, classical music, and Real Madrid football.  

Her behavior made us decide to offer her the entire security deposit back if she and her family would vacate the premises by the weekend and find a house that suited them better.

Get him to sign a release of possession form before you give back his security.

They ran the loan like a personal loan, and in the end, the loan was made to two of the four members with the LLC guaranting the loan and executing the security interest. 

A foreclosure is the forced sale of an asset in order to liquidated the security.

  :)And there are companies here in Oregon and Wa that hook up with RE brokers , ( these companies are HML) they track all the sales have a very sophisticated software system. they bid for you and also provide the cash for you at sale.So it goes like this.say you want to bid on a 200k house you need 40k. you deposit that with them.they win the bid they put up the 200k .. they take a security interest on the recipt from auction.. then when trustee's deed comes they roll that into a HML.they charge a fee for the buy .. and then charge you for the HML usually 4 and 14 , and then you do the rehab and your free to use anyone to resell. 

However, if the housing court record is pulled by name, date of birth, and/or social security number, then I would have more faith in it and ask the tenant to get that letter.

Should I collect a security deposit, and upfront payment even though I'm sure he did that with the previous landlord? 

The insurance is only an extra $10 a month...Will make sure pool area is safe and secure with fencing and have tenants sign a pool waiver. 

It could be a non-secured loan for all I care.