I provided a strategic offer to win in a multiple bidding scenario using discernment around the due diligence fee and length of timing.

if the timber is merch  you should get a mill in there to bid on the timber.. hire a logger.. profit you use to knock the stumps out.your civil engineer should be giving you a preliminary cost to do infrastructure normally they will do these for free since they will be designing it all.. they would be the best bet anyone on line is simply  a WAG  

There was this rat race of sellers and crazy bid wars among buyers that gobbled up whatever could be sold and bought on the market.

Court house step auction was a waste of time as the REO bank would step in and bid a price equal to the mortgage when they did not receive a bid equal to the unpaid mortgage.The other issue is I often cannot view many of the properties as they have squatters.

After getting bids for the sewer the seller then changed their counteroffer to credit the repair rather than fix it.

By already being in a property you'd be able to refi when the rates lower instead of participating in what I expect to be a period of bidding wars.

seems high. this town is very expensive so bids are always highs.For the residential I plan to just build lots.For the farmstead area our plan is to build our primary home and then 5 smaller cabins for rentals.That road above is a smaller access road to the little cabins.

My concern for you is that it appears that if the owner comes back, they only have to pay the bid amount + costs, not what you paid for the broker.

I am wondering if there is someone I can pay to physically go to the auction to bid on my behalf.Just FYI, I am aware of the risks of buying things in foreclosure.Can anyone recommend anyone like this in NJ? 

Then, find 3-5 contractors to bid on your work, assuming you have a project to work on.