How to find out if owner is current?

[sd_bear]

I’m about to rent a condo from someone who bought it at the peak in 2005. Is there a way to see if he is current with his mortgage and property taxes?

[UCGal]

I don’t know about mortgage. But property taxes are public record.

http://www.sdtreastax.com/payonline.html

Click the payonline icon. Fill in the street address and zip. It should tell you if the person paid their Dec. taxes.

[UCGal]

I don’t know about mortgage. But property taxes are public record.

http://www.sdtreastax.com/payonline.html

Click the payonline icon. Fill in the street address and zip. It should tell you if the person paid their Dec. taxes.

[UCGal]

I don’t know about mortgage. But property taxes are public record.

http://www.sdtreastax.com/payonline.html

Click the payonline icon. Fill in the street address and zip. It should tell you if the person paid their Dec. taxes.

[UCGal]

I don’t know about mortgage. But property taxes are public record.

http://www.sdtreastax.com/payonline.html

Click the payonline icon. Fill in the street address and zip. It should tell you if the person paid their Dec. taxes.

[UCGal]

I don’t know about mortgage. But property taxes are public record.

http://www.sdtreastax.com/payonline.html

Click the payonline icon. Fill in the street address and zip. It should tell you if the person paid their Dec. taxes.

[OwnerOfCalifornia]

I’ve wondered this myself. We often see posts about specific properties here, for example “owner has a $100k HELOC opened in 2005” or “1st mortgage on that property was $350K”. Usually it is the realtors, so I suspect that information isn’t available to us regular folk.

[OwnerOfCalifornia]

I’ve wondered this myself. We often see posts about specific properties here, for example “owner has a $100k HELOC opened in 2005” or “1st mortgage on that property was $350K”. Usually it is the realtors, so I suspect that information isn’t available to us regular folk.

[OwnerOfCalifornia]

I’ve wondered this myself. We often see posts about specific properties here, for example “owner has a $100k HELOC opened in 2005” or “1st mortgage on that property was $350K”. Usually it is the realtors, so I suspect that information isn’t available to us regular folk.

[OwnerOfCalifornia]

I’ve wondered this myself. We often see posts about specific properties here, for example “owner has a $100k HELOC opened in 2005” or “1st mortgage on that property was $350K”. Usually it is the realtors, so I suspect that information isn’t available to us regular folk.

[OwnerOfCalifornia]

I’ve wondered this myself. We often see posts about specific properties here, for example “owner has a $100k HELOC opened in 2005” or “1st mortgage on that property was $350K”. Usually it is the realtors, so I suspect that information isn’t available to us regular folk.

[UCGal]

There was another thread that some of the realtors chimed in that title companies could look it up for you. Not having any buddies at title companies I did it by brute force… but not as many details.

The docs and liens are available online -but for a price. I’m not sure, but I think you can go down to the office and look it up there, for free. (I could be amazingly naive about that though.)

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/services/grantorgrantee/search.aspx

For example, if I put in my name I see that there are recorded documents corresponding to:
– deed of the house
– mortgage of the house
– heloc open
– heloc increased
– heloc paid off (reconveyance)
– quit claim for when we got our living trust set up
– mechanics lien from a contractor we’re going to mediation with.

I can’t see the actual documents without paying a fee. But the dates they were filed, and the grantor/grantee info is enough for me to figure it out.

If I wanted to – I could pay between $3 and $7 per document and get them mailed to me. But seeing who the parties are, and the type of doc (trust deed, quit claim, mech lien, reconveyance) is enough. I was checking often after we paid off our heloc… I saw the reconveyance hit the records database the same week we got the paperwork marked “paid in full” from the bank.

[UCGal]

There was another thread that some of the realtors chimed in that title companies could look it up for you. Not having any buddies at title companies I did it by brute force… but not as many details.

The docs and liens are available online -but for a price. I’m not sure, but I think you can go down to the office and look it up there, for free. (I could be amazingly naive about that though.)

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/services/grantorgrantee/search.aspx

For example, if I put in my name I see that there are recorded documents corresponding to:
– deed of the house
– mortgage of the house
– heloc open
– heloc increased
– heloc paid off (reconveyance)
– quit claim for when we got our living trust set up
– mechanics lien from a contractor we’re going to mediation with.

I can’t see the actual documents without paying a fee. But the dates they were filed, and the grantor/grantee info is enough for me to figure it out.

If I wanted to – I could pay between $3 and $7 per document and get them mailed to me. But seeing who the parties are, and the type of doc (trust deed, quit claim, mech lien, reconveyance) is enough. I was checking often after we paid off our heloc… I saw the reconveyance hit the records database the same week we got the paperwork marked “paid in full” from the bank.

[UCGal]

There was another thread that some of the realtors chimed in that title companies could look it up for you. Not having any buddies at title companies I did it by brute force… but not as many details.

The docs and liens are available online -but for a price. I’m not sure, but I think you can go down to the office and look it up there, for free. (I could be amazingly naive about that though.)

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/services/grantorgrantee/search.aspx

For example, if I put in my name I see that there are recorded documents corresponding to:
– deed of the house
– mortgage of the house
– heloc open
– heloc increased
– heloc paid off (reconveyance)
– quit claim for when we got our living trust set up
– mechanics lien from a contractor we’re going to mediation with.

I can’t see the actual documents without paying a fee. But the dates they were filed, and the grantor/grantee info is enough for me to figure it out.

If I wanted to – I could pay between $3 and $7 per document and get them mailed to me. But seeing who the parties are, and the type of doc (trust deed, quit claim, mech lien, reconveyance) is enough. I was checking often after we paid off our heloc… I saw the reconveyance hit the records database the same week we got the paperwork marked “paid in full” from the bank.

[UCGal]

There was another thread that some of the realtors chimed in that title companies could look it up for you. Not having any buddies at title companies I did it by brute force… but not as many details.

The docs and liens are available online -but for a price. I’m not sure, but I think you can go down to the office and look it up there, for free. (I could be amazingly naive about that though.)

http://arcc.co.san-diego.ca.us/services/grantorgrantee/search.aspx

For example, if I put in my name I see that there are recorded documents corresponding to:
– deed of the house
– mortgage of the house
– heloc open
– heloc increased
– heloc paid off (reconveyance)
– quit claim for when we got our living trust set up
– mechanics lien from a contractor we’re going to mediation with.

I can’t see the actual documents without paying a fee. But the dates they were filed, and the grantor/grantee info is enough for me to figure it out.

If I wanted to – I could pay between $3 and $7 per document and get them mailed to me. But seeing who the parties are, and the type of doc (trust deed, quit claim, mech lien, reconveyance) is enough. I was checking often after we paid off our heloc… I saw the reconveyance hit the records database the same week we got the paperwork marked “paid in full” from the bank.

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