@Chungsoon HawWe have a duplex in which we rent furnished rooms to {international} university students.  

This deed would then be held in escrow until closing and recorded along with the deed from her to make a complete transfer of title.

Make sure you also understand how your utilities are setup, weather deposits will need to be paid, or transferable from previous owner.

In California they have petion called an 850 petion to transfer property that was meant to be titled in the trust.

FHA loan foreclosure will appear on Hudhomestore.com is the loan is transferred to FHA from the lender and you will have no opportunity to purchase before it is listed. 

Wholesalers can't typically sell to retail buyers unless the retail buyer is paying cash, using non-traditional sources of funding or will be purchasing under some form of creative financing or creative transfer of title.

Where do daily interest, escrow reserves, title charges, appraisals, home inspections, transfer taxes fall??

Most sales are conducted this way and keys transfer at settlement (closing).Fannie Mae's addendum, however, specifies that possession will not occur until funding.

I like the idea of international properties, though maybe that's adding too much complexity starting out.

Sometibh else you could do is look up the address with the county assessor and look at the date of deed transfer but that is going to take you several days.