Hello BP nation, looking at county assessor's office and properties that are scheduled to be foreclosed.There is one in particular where the outstanding balance states roughly $35K. 

You are on the right track. 

Definitely go to the county assessors website to see what the current taxes are, or call the office.

All my business revenues and expenses are tracked in my LLC accounting.

I would wait to make the jump into a full-time agent until you've set up systems for success and have a proven track record of sales also, remember its easier to get funding with a solid W-2 than it is with a 1099 in some cases.

If there is an HOA it has to be registered with the state (in my experience which is only TX, CA, CO) and the by-laws should be recorded at the county recorder's office, again in my limited experience this is always the case. 

I've been talking with some loan officers and we will not be able to get a loan without either first selling the house or having a lease agreement.

I have another at the firm now and he had no idea what that could possibly be: the accountant that had told me this a few years ago was in his office meeting a client, so we couldn't ask.

Go to the assessors office they can find the address or parcel number from there you can go to the county recorder and look up who owns the property and what they’re taxable mailing address is.

We could simply hire a manager but we could also just create a "quasi-management" situation where we have someone that is boots on the ground and we continue the "office work" which is fine with me.