Your best bet is to contact whoever is hosting the auction and/or the taxing authority in your local jurisdiction and ask them. 

Please let us know what particular videos/author you are watching so we may check it out. 

While it is still against federal law, enforcement by local authorities is non existent.

That article exactly covers what I am weighing, and my personal situation is/will mirror the authors.

A principal is someone who has the capacity, powers and authority to sell (or buy from you). 

Tenants got a cat without my authorization or even asking or letting me know.

Hello All,My brother who is a Delaware law expert working in California told me about BiggerPockets.I'm very aware of the online Real Estate forums and communities in Canada, and as an author and university instructor I contribute to them regularly, but in recent years I have become interested in both learning more about the U.S. markets, and sharing my knowledge of the Canadian market with Americans.Regards,Claude Boiron

(p.s) no a professional author so bare with me. also just sharing that even though I've been doing flips for a few years... carelessness can get the best of us. 

An option does not grant the powers described for the optionee to do work, hire or authorize any work. 12.

You should allow them to terminate the lease without penalty....that is unless you want them to file a complaint with the housing authority, or the courts or some other entity.