She has tried to evict the tenant but the tenant comes to court with a free lawyer and is allowed to remain in the property.

She has tried to evict the tenant but the tenant comes to court with a free lawyer and is allowed to remain in the property.

I doubt court appointed attorneys take civil actions against these gurus for telling people to jump off a bridge! 

One who represents themselves in court has a fool for a client.When newbies try to out fox long standing rules, regulations and laws, business structure requirements and prudent practices, they will screw up. 

BF calls me this morning saying his GF has gone crazy and he's going to the court to file an order of protection and he was just calling to let me know.

If you are trying to build a list to target, your choices include:1) Physically pulling data from court records2) Paying a researcher to pull files and create your list3) Commercial vendorsYou can start with death notices in local paper or legal notices in adjudicated publications.It will still be necessary to research either of these choices and pull files to get contract info for mailing PR's and heirs since free, online info is typically very limited. 

You should take whatever advice you get for free online with a grain and remember that none of is will stand next to you in court if you get caught doing something illegal.

So yesterday I went to the local housing court in Manhattan (NYC) to look for public eviction filings.I had access where I could search for either case # or name.

As part of punitive actions by a court a lender can lose their creditor's position, the loss of all amounts owing as well as fines or other penalties available to the court. 

$5k is probably within the limit of small claims court.