Are there any outstanding citations or liens against the property??

I also need to contact the city and make sure there are no outstanding fines for not mowing lawn, etc.

This will provide you accurate cost-to-cure figures as of, and good thru, a certain date 2) Request for Beneficiary's Statement of Condition - this will provide you the total outstanding debt balance, including unpaid principal, amount and number of remaining payments, etc. 3) Promissory Note - although the borrower may have this, people in foreclosure tend not to be well organized (really?).

I can easily qualify for an HML, have outstanding credit, and even some money in the bank with a great full time job that pays well.  

Any outstanding loans would be satisfied from the cash value of the policy.

So I would ask myself, can she pay rent prior to her job starting and can I prove that she actually has the job and will start when she says she is; I'd look at her current bank/investment accounts, and outstanding debt.

The information and community members are outstanding, take advantage of all their knowledge

In that case, the daily interest is sometimes calculated on the outstanding principal balance (which will increase with every draw). 

(aren't supposed to have any money, they have like 28 outstanding warrants in debt and are driving on revoked licenses).

@Chris Stromdahl  In the past I was able to verify with the local utility company that there were no outstanding balances attached to a house I was performing due diligence on.