Some lenders look very strictly at the last transfer, and will reset your seasoning clock based on that.

If we were to buy a larger apartment building in the metro area, professional property management is assumed as part of the business equation, and having a management company in place would allow us to transfer day-to-day management of our existing properties.

Don't use bank transfer rather check. 

Sellers' mortgages get paid out as part of the normal Title transfer process.

The house would be transferred free and clear of any liens, just like any other standard sale.  

And then refinanced as my parents and i to later down the road transfer all ownership to me?

It kills the short sale since the mortgagors no longer have title, so they can't transfer it.

All of these bills have to be paid before property can be transferred and should be factored into your acquisition costs.

It states about the types of frauds, "Some schemes are particularly brazen, with thieves forging homeowners’ signatures and filing fraudulent deeds with the city to register transfers."

Would I need to go country records to see if it's been transfer?