@Junior Myers The only way to know is see the signed of inspection stickers or call the permit office.

There are about $300K in various liens that the auction attorney confirmed are junior to the $296K mortgage.

After a closer look into the disclosures, it turns out that the ADU (permitted, junior ADU) was being rented for supplemental income on Airbnb.

I currently am completing a garage conversion and another Junior ADU that will add 1278 sqft between the two units.  

I would double check I suspect HOA liens get removed as well since they are junior to the tax .. over the years we bought literally hundreds if not more than a thousand parcels in CA at tax sale and never once had a lien survive.. the only bummer was we got one over turned when the county missed the statutory publishing date  ( 21 days) by one day and the owner who lost the property brought a civil suit and the judge reversed it.. the entire sale that year could have been reversed over 250 properties but each and every own would have had to bring a civil suit.. then after one year there is NO ability to reverse the sale. and of course we got our money back.. but spent money on attorney. 

are you looking for short term loans that payoff every 6 to 12 months or longer termthat will determine which direction you may want to go in. probably not enough to do much in CA to start unless you want junior position which is highly risky for you.

I'm going to send this to some of my junior team members to read and memorize (quiz to follow).Keep up the good work. 

I'm interested in learning more bout real estate investing, and I currently have the goal of, after fulfilling my two-year on-campus housing requirement, buying a house to house hack starting in the summer going into my junior year (about 13-14 months away from today).

If you buy the foreclosure of a junior lien (ex HOA fees or 2nd mortgage), then a senior lien (ex 1st mortgage/note) will survive the foreclosure, and still be attached to the property.Yes, I'm sure the lender would love for you to pay it off. 

@Evan GaterAre you buying the asset at foreclosure from a junior lien or you buying junior liens prior to foreclosure?