I found a property on an auction site that I'd like to bid on.

We're also starting to scour other forums for possible investments outside the traditional MLS sites, and other areas like upstate NY. 

There have been a ton of warning signs here on BP and other sites about the markets and how to be a smarter investor - but that is boring advice.

We do land entitlement so we control all sites and tie them up until zoning is approved. we don't buy land that we can't entitle first

The Lenders tab at the top of the site helps with finding lenders by product and location.

I've consistently written about the forces of nature and her current and future effects on the real estate market (even while often being ridiculed and politicized on this very site for it) regardless: I personally moved and invested in coastal Oregon in 2018 from Venice Beach Los Angeles partly as a result of the trajectory of climate and have assisted several clients that specifically purchased on the Oregon Coast for their own 'climate havens,' investment and future retirement homes. 

100% worth it to post on Furnished Finder, but you need to make sure that you understand it is not a booking site.

See what the $19k was for first, it may have been neccessary, but still that does not make it ok for them to do it without a signed CO.You can ask an attorney a few questions using sites like Avvo or Rocket for not much $$$.

Does this mean the realtor does not have exclusive rights to sell the property and the owner is probably advertising the same property on one of those by owner sites?

By any chance are there any agents on this site from there?