If you or your parents are an obligator on the note you could look up the mortgage statement and call the customer service number to order the "mortgage note," or you can go back to your closing documents and the mortgage note should be in the closing package close to where the trust deed or mortgage papers are.

My questions are: do you attach the addendum as just another piece of paper in addition to the regular contract and should it have a signature space?  

On paper I am a sub.I'll do a lot of projects out of pocket but most will be funded by the renovation loan.The work-arounds we have discussed may be good enough- as a sub I markup the material and do the work for min wage. 

This depreciation counts as negative income, but it’s only negative on paper since the costs of keeping a property in good condition can be paid for out of the rental income.Thus, the depreciation “losses” wipe out the positive cash flow from the property and remove any tax obligation.

As long as they look good on paper they are good investments.  

Many do this because they're used to reducing their taxable income, but they don't pull back out the paper expenses when determining cash flow.  

There's also a tune from the musical, "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (which title is itself rather an amusing anachronism):Potiphar was counting sheckles in his den below the bedroom, ...If that's your thing, I'm happy for you, but by the end of the story, Scrooge's tune had changed:Coins when they jingle are meant to pass around.There HAS to be more to it than money - for me, at least.As Tony Robbins put it, I won't work that hard just to get slips of "paper" (it's mostly cloth, actually) with pictures of deceased notables on them ... or "credits" in checking account, ...He also says that money is not an "ends" goal.

You do look like an incompetent poombah if you try to make 15K with a yellow paper red marker scribbled letter begging me to trust you enough to make a deal.WHAT was I thinking!?

I called my local courthouse and the best answer I received was that they thought the auction was in August and that the list of certs to be auctioned would be in the paper around May or June.

If you're looking to buy and hold there are plenty of landlords looking to sell and whether they realize it or not they're willing to hold the paper.