reasearching a forclosure
My Brother and I are new to real estate investing. while driving for dollars, using a list we got from auctions.com, we came upon a house.
we were looking around, it had several notices on the door, yard unkempt, interior (from the windows) looked like they had just picked up and left.
we found a fed-ex (very weathered) package by the door. got a name off of it.
talked to the neighbors, found out the gentlemen had died 2 years ago. (august 2014) nobody there since then
so i looked up the obit, found it. found next of kin ( a daughter and his mother).
i found the daughter on face book.
they both still live in the area, as far as i can tell.
there is a sheriff sale auction set for January 19, 2017.
i looked up the deed and as far as i can tell there is just one. from 2001.
on the auction.com report there are things called
mortgage assignment 5/22/2015 251,300$
mortgage assignment 11/19/2014 251,300$
Mortgage release 7/5/2011 282,000$
mortgage record 6/15/2011 251,300$
mortgage record 10/2/2006 30,000$
mortgage record 4/3/2006 20000$
.... several more, what look like hel's
and the orginal from 10/9/2001 193000$ - which is the one i found in the county records.
2 questions... what are the mortage assignments and releases?
and also
should I/ Can I contact them
TIA