On the facts presented,it appears that the title to the property continues in the person who is renting the house to you, unless you are aware that he may have sold the home to someone else either before or since you have been living in the house and paying rent; until paid off, the mortgage lien remains an encumbrance on the property. If he still holds title, he will not lose that title to the mortgage company until such time as the trustee's foreclosure sale takes place. If the mortgage company is the successful bidder at the trustee's sale with a credit bid of its debt, then it will receive a trustee's deed putting it in title to the property, otherwise, whoever is the successful bidder will take title and seek to have you removed, if that is their decision. We are unable to render legal advice on this matter until such time as we are retained pursuant to an engagement letter. Hopefully, the foregoing has been helpful. Thanks you. Franklin D. Dodge, Esq.
Answered on Apr 24th, 2017 at 12:07 PM