It's great for rent price comparables for a clearer picture for your miner crunching.

I can't tell you how or what NUMBERS to crunch but I can suggest this ."

They provide the service pretty much as what you described: find list of properties to be foreclosed, drive the properties and take photos, run preliminary title search to identify other liens, crunch numbers and go over the properties with investors prior to auction.They don't charge anything upfront until you win the bid on the auction.

I am on a bit of a time crunch because I believe it takes three weeks to get it set up and I'm supposed to close at the end of January.

Few weeks of crunching forums and we're hoping to start making it happen

Time to crunch numbers.Thanks!

An experienced agent or broker who has done residential/commercial deals should assist you in crunching the numbers and help you find deals that make sense for you financially.

All about crunching the numbers the right way from the beginning.The reason why I didn't answer all of your questions was because I think you need to speak to an area expert agent or broker about those other questions. 

You've correctly identified the crunch issues of the 45 day window.  

I ve been reading, crunching numbers, meeting with realtors and doing drive byes for six months.