Note that this may not be the date of foreclosure, date of sale, and may not be the judgement date either.Hope this helps, and let me know if you have any other questions!

I checked liens at court house and there is a state tax lien for 10,000 from November and a judgement lien for $2800 from April 2011.

If HOA, the property may be in a super-priority lien jurisdiction where only a portion of the HOA lien has priority and the foreclosure of that lien does not extinguish any mortgages.A mortgage originated in 2006 would likely not mature until 2036... and if payments (principal, interest, taxes, insurance) had not been made for some time (especially on a neg-am loan), the current balance after escrow shortages and forced place insurance coverage could easily have mushroomed to $250k.Only the mortgagor (and the property itself) is responsible for satisfying the original mortgage debt... until a successor in interest acquires property subject to that mortgage, in which case it's still not the personal debt of the purchaser but simply attached to the property.Need more info here to be helpful.It was a HOA auction there was a judgement for 4911 that was never paid plus some outstanding dues (rumored to be 18k) but the HOA sent me info only asking for last 3 months of dues so farI have a ton of information on the property basically everything but any info on the current mortgage status (deed, original mortgage, mortgage assingment etc) I just don't want to post something that would be sensitive to the previous owner Until a successor in interest acquires property subject to that mortgageabout this section specifically, does that mean I could inherit the mortgage?

The judgement amount will be posted (it could be more than the short sale) you'll need ~10% at bidding certified check & close w cash in 30 days... at least in my neck of the woods.

In Calif. a judgement is good for 10 years.

Get a court judgement - that is essential for collecting.

If you don't have that then you are reaching and it requires more judgement.

well like I said I'm not sure which states you guys are from but around here they do accept anybody as long as it is not a dangerous or violent crime which I have none that was the only crime ever committed y'all are so judgemental Ya'll Must Be angels and just innocent right LOL probably so I'm done talking to you all through this conversation the next one I wasn't getting on here to talk to men anyways sorry

These people are often judgement proof.

By a power of sale clause or by suit and judgement.