I believe if they had a surplus of owned properties, they would sell plenty of them in bulk, off-market deals to institutional investors that will rent them out.

The bank will either pay the taxes, or they know they can just collect the surplus funds from the auction after all you bidders run up the price.  

Heeby’s Surplus is one place you may want to check out. 

- How are surplus materials handled?

If you are making 10s of thousand per deal, at some point you have enough cash surplus to start doing your own deals!

My assumption is that any market with a 'Surplus' will not only have good deals in the present, but will become more desirable in the future.

In my area Surplus Warehouse has a decent selection of all wood cabinets that are pretty good quality, so that is where I usually go.

I work in the specialty (wholesale insurance) excess and surplus lines insurance market place.

Another play for a junior Bene with 100% control of that lienholder position is to get tg he partners to assign their interests to you.Next, abandon the security by recording a partial reconveyance.Then, sue your debtor.The idea is to avoid getting wiped off if the sale of 1st won't produce surplus and still provide a future opportunity to negotiate with the debtor when the pressure is on and YOU have the upper hand. 

From the Podcast alone, I can tell that there is a surplus of valuable information here and i'd love to immerse myself in it and eventually contribute to it.Its very nice to meet you all, and we'll talk soon.Eldin