If is incorrect, the governing entity just kicks it back.  

My friend owns and operates a construction company and has government contracts and owns a shopping mall, his contracts have an average of 1M and has an varies between 2-4 a year, foreign assets are around 2M.So to wrap the story short: 1.

If you like that pawn shop environment, don’t miss out on the fun to be had at USA.gov, which is where United States government agencies liquidate real estate and also other assets that have come under government ownership, such as airplanes, jewelry, art, vehicles, antiques and computers.

In Houston the "slums" are seeing active construction and increasing government presence (beautification agendas, active city notices to clean up, etc.) as there is a mass movement for "urban living" within these areas 15 min or less to downtown/medical center.

If an owner occupant or government entity doesn't buy within that time period it opens up to everyone.  

I work with residential, commercial, and government, I never charged anyone for estimates, some take me plus an architect 3 days to complete.For the investors reading this, please note different contractors have different rules, regulations, and methods on how to run their business.

If you practice wholesaling like 95 percent of people on BP and not actually buying the property you will be practicing real estate without a licenses but that doesn't matter because you won't get caught and the government doesn't have the resources to go after you.

They are; Demographics, Interest Rates, Economic Conditions and Government.

Your local congressman will put you in touch with their "federal government relations" folks, I bet your issues can be resolved within hours. 

Some traditional sources of funding include; business loans, loans from friends, mortgages or secured transactions on assets you already own, saving up money from your own income, starting a non-profit and getting grants from the government, etc.