The local county clerk's office will probably has the property listed and will list the property information, date of default and the balances owed on each of the mortgages on the property.

I currently work for my family Title Insurance Agency as a Title Officer. 

There is not a SINGLEcourse that is going to teach you everything that you need to know.Trust me, I have bought hundreds of courses & books and still have notgotten "everything I think I will need".You have a pretty good real estate investor's group there in Memphis thatyou might want to check out too (They have attorneys, loan officers, title companies & real estate agents that you can buy a cup of coffee and theywill walk you thru a HUD closing statement and educate you! 

The county tax assessor/collector's office.

In a jurisdiction where you can set policies to preclude having your unit approved by the welfare office it is a no brainer to simply avoid renting to S8. 

But state laws govern insurance, and agents knowledgeable of local conditions is important.I worked in an small insurance company once, with a brokerage in the same office.

For a new tenant you want to rent to, it requires you to complete paperwork and have tenant sign it and then submit to housing office.

You can buy Quit Claim paperwork from an office store and fill it out yourself if you feel comfortable getting all the information correct like lot identifiers and such.

But what about a loan officer?

I've also found that most of the multifamily properties are in need of a lot of repairs and/or modernizing to maximize rents.