I’ve called the cops myself on more than one occasion trying to locate a Marine and ensure they are safe from harming themself or when they are in danger.I know I don’t know a lot about the specifics of dealing with civilian real estate; but I’m also a firm believer that you can always make the best of a situation with the collective IQ.  

No harm in contacting the administrator, if one has been appointed, to get a sense of where things stand.   

Honestly, I don't see the harm in allowing a realtor to check out the property. 

I don't want to hurt people even though they caused me harm. 

Well, if you don't know exactly what you want to do there's no harm in paying cash now and cashing out later.

If one of the houses is paid off I can get there faster and only need 10 houses.Hope this helps.Also there is no harm in starting to look now. 

I will say trying to sneak in the back door on an agent could be harmful if they chose to pursue it.

@Justin BearceYou can’t borrow 100% and use an FHA loan.You can get a gift from a family member with the stipulation that you don’t have to pay it back and that it won’t cause financial harm to them.If your friend is going to lend you money the bank won’t go for that because you’ll be essentially 100%.Also.

Often if you have a valid reason for taking some action other than playing games, they'll likely buy it, depends on how good your initial reason was or is, especially if there is no harm and done well. :)

You could honestly go down 15% off of the ARV of a similarly valued piece of land in your area and what is the harm done?