Another great resource is everyone individual websites:blog located on the signature line.

I will separate all electrical and plumbing, electrical will be individually metered and plumbing sub-metered.

Our lease stipulates that if anyone not on the lease agreement who is staying more than 7 days in a month we are to be notified of this individual and who allow us to do a background check.I confronted the tenant about this boyfriend and that he has been there more than 7 days (eyewitness from neighbor) and that we were concerned. 

Depending on the individual and company adjusting the loss, that could end up being very little.  

Like @Dion DePaoli said you should be able to get a credit report from the seller of the note, assuming it's not an individual investor who isn't set up to pull credit reports and has held on to the note for some time now (meaning any credit report they've received before they owned the note would be outdated).If your only concern though is the status of the first, then ask the seller who the first is held by.

I post their properties on my Facebook page and advertise them to individuals and real estate investment groups for a commission.

I had suggested that we all use the same property manager and at least give the street the appearance of a cohesive complex, rather than 13 individual buildings.

The Safe Act and individual state requirements, as stipulated by Dodd-Frank, all make the issue very complicated. 

Everyone has their own niche, rules/business plan that is their key to success.Another great resource is individual signatures.

We know a lot of people who bought single family investments and rented out the rooms.Beyond the podcast, blog posts, and forums, individual posters signature are also a great source of information.