No judgement, strictly curiousity.Best of luckA

I was advised by a more seasoned investor once that if the smell is bad in the unit then the tenants/buyers will associate the house with uncleanliness- no matter of it's an irrational judgement or not.

Also, the transaction history in PropertyRadar only includes voluntary liens and transfers - it does not include involuntary liens (mechanics liens, tax liens, judgements), so you will still need to research those regardless.As @David Mitchell said, the best answer is to educate yourself on the title search process, and then you can easily verify the loan positions in PropertyRadar and check for involuntary liens using your local county recorder (often online).Note that even if you pay the title company $150-250 for a title search, those searches do not come with a guarantees and the title companies themselves do make mistakes - thus the reason for title insurance.

They have now prepared a stipulated judgement order for us to sign and return back; in the order, they are asking the court to register a judgement against us; we are not comfortable with this.

it's really up to you're judgement.  

Another option may be to buy a judgement or other debt owed by the property owner at a  discount.

Emotional involvement with this being your first property may be clouding your judgement.  

From there, it turns into legal matter where the lender can sue for a deficiency judgement.4 & 5  If  you were setting up a partnership that bought houses for the purpose of flipping and the partners received a return based on profits, that would be something totally different, and much more acceptable.  

When I said "Judgements" I meant a judgment to any creditor.

Hello, I was about a week and a half out from closing on a great deal in Salem MA and just found out that the seller has a ~$95k judgement sitting in 2nd position on the deed along with a ~$2k water and sewer lien.