@Zeek Granston I would suggest you postpone retirement until you have a better plan.

They threatened to postpone closing but with my buyer being a mom with 4 kids who had already canceled her lease and was packed in a moving truck I was not going to let that happen and showed the seller "this clause survives closing" It was awesome.

There are ways to get sale dates postponed too.

Since then, we have been asked to postpone a second meeting as she has been dealing with the separation with her husband in the meantime.

Even though my PM file for eviction in June, the tenant was able to postpone hearings 3 times, citing they did not receive in mail..yada..yada..yada..

With the holiday weekend work has been postponed until Tuesday. 

The second third are postponed usually to a later date, these sometimes are sold, or refinanced. 

If your closing will take place after the auction, the lender may postpone the auction to give you more time IF you have been communicating with them all along. 

This will protect me from any clouds on title as well as liens that weren't listed or filed at the time of the auction like a mechanic's lien.Now, SOMETIMES the auction will be postponed. 

And if states allow redemption periods.Also many states/counties/companies require that the complete purchase price be paid in cash in full immediately after the bidding is completed.While you may show up with a list of all the properties you found being sold at auction that day, there is a strong possibility that the majority of those will have been postponed or pulled the day of the auction.