Hi Sue.Most of the time, you can find the note holder information in country records.

You have the same amount of recourse with a green card holder as you do a citizen.  

The former owner is the current note holder. 

I assume that 99% of the time there are senior lien holders like 1st or 2nd mortgages ahead of the HOA, but I also wonder if any investors use this as a strategy....buying a cheap lien to then take out the seniors if there is equity in the property?

And should I also be the "first" mortgage holder on the mortgage in the event the Borrower defaulted or there was a bankruptcy?

There are numerous risks that those flipping houses face, that buy and holders do not, most obviously market risk (cycles) and time/delay pressure, but also people management (contractors) etc.

.- Provided the holder of that loan is willing to sell and the investor is willing to pay the price.  

In the past, I have had section 8 tenants and they never gave me issues, the state of Florida is a great rental state thus must section 8 voucher holders do not want to risk their voucher.

I am trying to find the current note holder of an abandoned property in an effort to see who is keeping the mortgage current but not maintaining the property.

(e) Sells or offers to sell, buys or offers to buy, or exchanges or offers to exchange a real property sales contract, or a promissory note secured directly or collaterally by a lien on real property or on a business opportunity, and performs services for the holders thereof."