You can also use the CPA Finder here on BiggerPockets to get started too.

Lots of local investors in the area. 

Lot of the properties got pulled.

Nope, I ended up making my own.

PS before the hedge funds jumped in about 2011 to 2012 I was an activce courthouse buyer in Henry county and a few of the counties on the north side of Atl metro so been to many of the  auctions having them all on one day is a cluster .. you have multiple criers crying sales simultainously it can be hard to follow but you can also squeeze out one that folks missed.. we did quite well until the hedge funds knocked us little guys out of the area..

I am aware of the properties at Wolf Run in Reno NV, Inspire on 22nd in Austin TX and Hayworth Tanglewood in Houston TX that have suspended their monthly distributions.

Jarreau,A public Adjuster takes over the handling of the claim on your behalf. 

Some will go to 70% LTV and some will go all the way up to 85% LTV.  

Most of the time, you can purchase a property with tenants already in place, but the leases often need to expire within a certain timeframe—usually around three months—so you can establish owner occupancy.

Insurance being canceled due to the area and finding insurance for it.