There were court rulings recently requiring auctions like this to refund the overage to the owner which in this case is the person who bought it at the last minute from the heir. 

After that, I would encourage you to go to your county recorders office / court to request data yourself.

Court house step auction was a waste of time as the REO bank would step in and bid a price equal to the mortgage when they did not receive a bid equal to the unpaid mortgage.The other issue is I often cannot view many of the properties as they have squatters.

While I realize that if a person really wants to find out who owns the LLC, they ultimately can with some personal effort or potentially the courts, I didn’t want people to be able to easily look up that information online (ie a simple Google search).

If they settled out of court, why didn't insurance pay everything? 

Would recommend documentation to make sure you’re covered if you have to go to court to evict.

This will allow for you to pursue legal action "eviction" if ever needed for non payment or negligence as a tenant. if you rent out the basement separately but it is not a legal unit, the court will not allow you to pursue an eviction.

You can learn a lot about the court systems very quickly!

Located in the historic 4th Ward neighborhood of Charlotte, this townhouse at North Poplar Street is part of the desirable Hackberry Court.

Located in the historic Fourth Ward neighborhood of Charlotte, this townhouse at North Poplar Street is part of the desirable Hackberry Court development, built in 1995.