And they will go so far as to fight that battle in court (or settle) on your behalf.

In the event you make a mistake and someone comes looking, you want to be able to stand in front of the court and list the efforts you took to locate a person who may have an interest.  

I was awarded judgement in my favor on a remodel gone wrong by small claims court in Central Texas.

Do not use the term eviction, but surely everyone knows evictions happen in court and future landlords see the record.

The Counties rhat still have tax deed sales live at the court house have smaller Lands Available lists..

Eventually you're going to end up 1. in court 2. having your reputation as an investor trashed when a seller feels taken advantage of 3. being contacted by your state RE commission for brokering without a license. 

The first scenario is to file for non payment eviction and the New Jersey Court systems.The second scenarios to hire another lawyer that knows what they're doing and specializes in just real estate transactions.

I just closed on a gas station where the owner decided not to pay the commission, in spite of the fact that he had signed a contract stating that he would.Having our own attorney means that I can haul his sorry butt to District Court without having to pay for an attorney.Likewise on the property we just closed on in Quincy.  

Revocable trusts, or living trusts are they are commonly known, are good for probate avoidance and ease of administration, because they keep the courts out of the process.There are many other ways to avoid probate that are available for certain assets. 

@Charlie MacPherson ''Real estate broker'', hereinafter referred to as broker, any person who for another person and for a feeThe gray area is figuring out what counts as working on the behalf of someone else, that can get tricky, i've seen these things litigated in court so i'm speaking from experience on that one.