@Adam Klugh  OK I have been a HML in my days .. and I did loan in Detroit in the early 2000s and got out before the melt down.that said. here is what I see on BP all the time.this OP who says 6 to 7 % money that TOTAL BS there is no 6 to 7% HML's BANK loans to a very established borrower who can show years of track record lots of money in their bank and I don't mean 20k . 

@Charles Murray      You want to make sure they are actually recorded in the Land Records.

IRS instructions for Schedule E, lines 12 and 13 states: In most cases, to determine the interest expense allocable to your rental activities, you must have records to show how the proceeds of each debt were used.

I've written about HOA's and COA's before and their dislike for Real Estate Investors.As I previously stated every large group or organization has lobbyist representing them.Being Real Estate Investor's we have a large amount of capital invested if totaled would probably equal the size of a Mid Cap company but we have NO representation. 

@Ronato O. just some public records searches and crossreferencing.

@Christina BabayanThis is a question for an attorney who practices family law in the jurisdiction in which you reside (Texas).Here, record keeping would be the crux of your case.  

now if they had built an addition on the house w/ out permits you may run into an issue with the square footage not matching tax records but a roof... not likely.

narpm.org is a very good organization to find companies to interview.  

But some circumstances require that the property be held, such as when the end buyer is getting a conventional loan and Fannie/Freddie requires that the loan app be dated AFTER the B Buyer close on the property and officially is the owner of record.

*According to the county records online, the appraisal says 389k for 2016 but the number of beds and baths don't include the finished basement or the upgrades to the kitchen.