Are you planning to resell? 

One of my friends is a real estate agent in Panama City so it was a great opportunity to see him.When we saw the program of the trip, it was fairly obvious that the trip was organized in a way that we would only have the time to talk to people linked to the developer or the deal instead of taking to other independent professionals.

By the time you foreclosed and then pay $30-$40k in closing costs when including a realtor to resell. 

Regarding remote managing, in our 24 years of experience, dealing with hundreds of investors, what we've had to bail DIY Remote Investors out of is mostly Class C properties with some Class B.So, in our opinion, one can remote manage a Class A property fairly easily if you are organized.Class B requires more organization and knowledge, to avoid tenants taking advantage of you.Class C should NOT be done DIY - hire a PMC!

If you don’t publicly advertise the property, then you avoid that potion but some states RE departments may in fact still consider it brokering without a license unless you first close on the deal, then resell it to your buyer.

Does anyone know of any organizations/charities that offer rental assistance in Montgomery County, Maryland?

I met investors who partner with the federal government through government contracts and investors who partner with local organizations.

I have so many thoughts about Furnished Finder, and most of them have to do with the company needing some kind of re-organization.

Local banks who don't re-sell these are typically your best bet, they like relationships.  

Its very rare in CA for an actual dwelling to be sold at tax sale 99.9% of all tax sale properties in CA is bare land.. so the risk is access.. and as Ned stated everything else is wiped off of title.Now getting title insurance to resell can be tricky..