.: Thanks everyone for your replies, it's in NJ, approx. how much time it will take for foreclosure process and how much I should be ready to spend on attorney.Once we hire an attorney, he will take care, or I also have to go court frequently.I am asking because I  have a job, it's tough to get frequent off.Trying to prepare myself for tough time ahead.Thanks again. 

How much did you spend on the land?

and if you can't invest the time and effort to do that... how can you spend thousands or tens of thousands of dollars on a property you haven't seen yourself?

About what it took me to do in 15 years and 83 homes here in the 15 or 16 years since the housing crash.I definitely need to tune back in here to biggerpockets where I used to spend a bunch of time and where I was able to pick up some amazing nuggest of information that steered my model. 

I'd probably get multiple feasibility studies before engaging a bank and/or spending any money on the actual project.

@Cory Gamble do you have their contact number

Im sure going after the city would really only be effective in a civil class action law suit where there is enough people and $$$ on board.Over a 6-12k fix, and battling the city alone you'll spend more money and time IMO. 

I would spend the time educating yourself on what a good PM looks like, then searching diligently until one is located.You can't ask all the questions I list.

:) Thanks for sharing.I did inquire about it. they ended the sales call promptly after I said I wouldn't spend 5k / month on advertising. 

I would wait a while to get them at a discount but with condos, it always feels like a gamble because of future assessments, fee increases and difficulty getting a tenant approved in a timely manner.