All of my dad's evictions have been for non-payment of rent - he'll put up with anything if the person pays on time.

Unfortunately, it depends substantially on your jurisdiction.Orleans parish (county) allows eviction filings for non-payment of rent, but aren't scheduling those cases yet. 

this includes any LLC's that you form in other states.Remember, unless you are investing with non-spousal parties, the LLC provides no tax/accounting benefits. 

Seller instead just gave verbal notice. (3rd floor was vacant and unit I was moving into after renovations.)

Most lenders want shopping center 50% pre-leased before the construction loan starts for non-experienced developers.The cost of construction per ft for a one off building is very high because the starting developer does not have the volume to save money ordering in bulk and have full time crews doing only their projects.Additionally you might want to use certain building materials but the county or city dictates higher end finishes to approve the site plan which add about 25 to 30 bucks a foot more to overall build costs.

@David DesYou could go with commercial lending, i.e. non-residential lending.  

Some have nice house but a small or non-updated casita.

If you don't qualify you can use a non QM loan in the 5-7% range and refinance into a conventional mortgage once you have two years of stabilized rental income for the property. 5-20 units are small in the commercial financing world and lenders for this asset size are few and far between.

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I rent out a garage in New york city. Tenant has stopped making payments for over 6 months, have not been answering calls and is no where to be found. I have tried to mail him legal forms but the address he liste...

Anything that acts the MLS but is available for non realtors