I also have used it to successfully buy a car at auction, fix it & then obtain a 2.85% used car loan from a credit union.

The tax deed is available three years after the auction.

Check out the local sheriff auctions.

The listing is above my budget, but it is being sold via Auction since it is a foreclosure. 

Additionally, 3 years after originally purchasing the property we sold the second half parcel for $155,000.Partner and I purchased a closed new car showroom and service facility at foreclosure auction for $275,000.  

I live in California, and bought a tax lien certificate (technically a Certificate of Purchase) on vacant commercial land in Arizona, sight unseen, at an online auction.

Eventually the lender or HOA will foreclose and there will be an auction and a new owner. 

If not there might be less risky investments for you100% Auctions are not the way to get started, it will no end well,  Thank you both.

Explain your intentions to the seller and tell them you'll get them their asking price.2) Get it to cleanest sell-able condition with minimalistic staging3) Put out an ad that next Saturday and Sunday there will be open house with open auction and the place will be sold to the highest bidder on Sunday evening.

I’ve been scouring marketplace, Zillow, auctions, and have been driving around.