I'm really excited about starting my real estate journey and to continue expanding my knowledge.

Point being, never said what Amazon can't do because every single time Amazon is bet against, they win. 

Not a foreclosure different scenario .. but I bank at a small commercial bank.. if you used a large major bank I bet that would be tough to do.but once they cash the check I think your out of luck unless the sale was flawed on the trustee side the money is not coming back.

@Wesley Mitchell welcome to bigger pockets. this is a great community to start your journey into RE Investing.

I bet we know a bunch of mutual people if you know any sig guys.

But your right, no one knows.... however if you had a million dollars what would you bet on..... or rather 700k. 

But North Carolina is where I plan to begin my journey to Financial Freedom.  

You may have screwed up, but I would bet money that the HOA is not following their covenants to the letter, because it's hard to follow anything to the letter, and I would exploit that weakness. 

And I'll bet with a little review class you could pass easily. 

Hire college students to do the demo and I'll bet some of them can do most of the repairs.