@Matthew McLean You are correct, a multi-tiered corporate organisation may be excessive at this point.

Even if you decided to go ahead with it, you'd most likely be in violation of state law, as at most you can collect, 1st, and last, or month & 1/2 and last. once they've occupied they could simply take you to court and get the excess refunded,and the judge may take the opportunity to make an example out of you, they will not care who's idea it was originally.

Those rules are different from state to state based on probate, inheritance and adjudication laws that determine if the property is taken over by the municipality due to an excessive amount of back taxes and liens for things like grass cutting.Your best bet is to talk to the local investors you can connect with and see why no one else is after such properties.

If the bidding goes higher than the amount owed to the banks, and all fees back interest, attorney fees, junior liens etc, then the excess goes back to the owner,  The only way the bank can profit is if the bank becomes the owner and then sells the property for more than is totally owed to them. 

Can anyone tell me how to go about getting excess proceeds on a tax sale propertyIn my state it tells me that the owner of the property at the time of the sale is the person(s) who can claim the money.Is there some what that I can partner with them or something so that I can make some money.

Generally there is none because non recourse lending is generally asset based lending meaning the LTV on the loan is enough to satisfy the risk appettite of the investor but who knows each investor can have different appetites.

Really don't have money for excessive attorney fees, and can't find the low cost ones who work with the owner not the tenant.

Depending on the demographics of your rental this may be difficult to implement (especially on short notice - I now require it for new tenants).We're both in that sweet spot where a part/full time employee is overkill, but the cost of a PM seems excessive when most things can be done remotely these days.  

I am not a DIY kind of person and Pro Se is not a strategy I have an appetite for.

Some seemed pretty excessive.