I then ended up serving an abandonment notice but no one contacted me.

If your lender is doing hte math correctly, I'm hearing that you for lending qualification purposes your rentals are decreasing your overall income. 

I would only need to resort to cash for keys if I have a problem once I give him notice that I'm not renewing.

Anyway, the problem is, we just got a public safety violation notice because the tenant left a whole bunch of stuff on their driveway, and it has been there for a while (a few weeks).

As you have noticed, there are some differences in the policies and procedures between some of the self directed IRA custodians.

So do I have to give one the some eviction notice or should I get the seller to start the process, so I do not have to do it? 

My question is, can I give the 30 day notice to vacate since it is a month-to-month contract right away since I will be living in the building and the tenant is refusing to sign the new agreement and that the old contract as well as my new contract are both month-to-month terms?

I noticed that the payment was never pulled and on my mortgage portal it says "Payment Date: Servicing Transferred" There is a notification that says "Please refer to your servicing transfer letter for more details."

There is no Seller "leveraging the equity" based on value increase (or decrease). 

I've noticed some weird rental market trends, and I wanted to compare notes to see if your experience is the same as mine.