Texas, the conservative state that it is, I can't believe they would put a "law" in place for such a thing.

Bryan, you know my partner and brother-in-law, Tom Cullen.

My brother in law and I just finished day 2 of 3 of this Basic 3-day seminar for $300 each.

The law doesn’t seem to address this issue.

For the safety nets, which I thank Jon again for putting in the fore of the conversation, I have the cash on hand to pay off the mortgage on our joint property where my grandmother lives should the need ever arise.

Zubair,Let me start from the beginning and walk you through your situation.First, You will be required by law to keep track of all expenses you incur while self employed.

You might be better off using an eviction service.They will be cheaper and go to court for you and handle the trashing out and serving of the eviction.You won't find an attorney getting dirty they will just shuffle papers and show up in court.In fact I have had judges rule against attorneys and enjoyed our cases much more as we were on the ball.Some attorneys feel "special" just because they hold a law license and are below par in their performance.I tell them the eviction is filed regardless of promise of payment.I tell them you can always pay at the court hearing and I can drop the case.If you don't you will get stories like I can pay you 600 and get caught up this week and then you hear stuff like I only have 300 because such and such happened.Then they get further and further behind.They need to pay me in full and go cold with the utilities,or do without internet,cell phone,cable..

I believe the reason the tax lien trumps the mortgage is because the states make the laws and the states want to sell the tax liens to get their cash flow.

I have read the laws but still confused about this topic.I would love to hear some input from fellow Michigan investors as well as anyone else that might be able to explain this to me.

If he defaults on his lease, leaves your place a wreck @ move-out, or he is just a problem tenant, you will have to evict him and/or file a law suit to collect for damages.