Or did the agency simply designate you an agent? 

With the Checkbook IRA LLC, the IRA itself is at the back end and simply owns an IRA for which you can have signing authority and operate out of a bank account of your choosing.Again, if the IRA will have equity in the flip, then the IRA is engaging in a trade or business activity as opposed to passive investments such as hard money lending or rental income.  

This post does not try solve your problems; it is simply advice for somebody who is about to buy without all repairs completed before closing.

Is it simply getting a real estate license and submitting an application or is it more involved?

If I end up winning the auction and paying the property tax will they have to cover the cost of the back taxes as well or just the price that the house was sold at for the auction? 

Verify that the title company will give you insurance if you win. 2.

Also does anybody have a fairly simply commercial lease they would be willing to share?  

It's a win-win situation for both of us. 

Either way, you are going to need a lump of cash, because good foreclosures that are sold outright are going to be snatched up by real investors, and most auctions are going to require a sizable deposit and closing soon after winning the auction.

Keller Williams has a very important mantra that is WIN -WIN or no deal.