Your name and credit would stay with the existing note, which you would keep paying on - ideally yourself with money you receive from the "buyer", because if they don't pay your credit is wrecked and your house is in foreclosure.If you search on here you'll see everyone and their brother looking to do Subto and it's a nightmare unless the buyer has the funds to pay the note off if/when the original lender figures out you don't occupy the property any more and are attempting to do what you want to do, since most loans are going to specify that performance.  

If you're not having any luck with mortgage brokers (I'd search out the ones who specialize in investments), then go to your local REI meeting. 

One thing that did provide some reassurance is that we took the initiative to verify they own the property through a county property search.

I’m currently in the process of searching for my first property, which I hope to house hack and eventually convert into a long-term rental. 

You can also find real estate investing groups through meetup.com, Facebook, or a Google search.

The listings @Joel Oh showed weren't in the first 50 listings for my search.

You can find these deals if you look hard, search the MLS and off market and network.

I'm currently in search of lender to fund my new build.

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