I would go with the attorney because he could present me in the sheriff sale from beginning to end but the only issue is that if I do a search and there are too many judgments against the property, I would probably back out.

Yep, just yesterday I had two guests request cancellations and I deferred to Airbnb's recent statement regarding Covid-19. 

But I agree with the sheriff that landlords should not be the party physically removing tenants.Do you have any numbers to present to the committee? 

The street it’s on presents tons of opportunity so I want to get another.

I sell on the open market so available properties can be presented to end users as well as flippers or buy and hold investors. 

make sure you are  100% pre approved  so you can make strong offers and use short closing periods on any offers you present 

I lived in property, as a a primary residence, until 2009 when I then converted into an income property and moved to ID.From 2009 until present, I depreciated the property and deducted the repairs, expenses, etc. each year on my taxes.I will be now be selling for approx $230k soon and I am not interested in purchasing any other property at this time.

You can always defer those capital gains with a 1031 exchange...for life...that expires when you do.

You can create a lot of opportunities that otherwise would not be present by going full time, but those opportunities come from steady hustle. 

I did expense legal, accounting fees during the period as I own other rentals, even though some of the expenses were incurred for the new property.One other reason for using a CPA is you can defer to his professional judgement and if the IRS gets after you, you can point to your CPA.