I hate to sound mistrusting, but it is going to be difficult enough to get this situation taken care of without adding to the tax debt by owing these additional fees.

Expenses (in addition to P&I, insurance and taxes) being 3% vacancy, 5% repairs, 10% cap ex, 7% property management.  

- Say you won a bid, is all paperwork completed right then and there or is an additional 'closing' scheduled at a later date?

I also check the MLS for additional comps if needed. 

The main reason I find is that the older lien holders won't have the cash to complete the process because of the additional funds required. 

We recently attended Than Merrills’, Fortune Builder’s seminar on RE investing and although we did gain some additional knowledge it seemed to be a 3 day sell to attend the $20k mastery program.

5-8 years ago, you could pick up these lots because developers went out of business before completing the subdivision, but these days, if a developer isn't developing a particular lot, there's probably additional reasons (didn't perc, slope/shape is bad, utilities are tricky, etc).

I feel that, with a background in art, carpentry, and style and design, I am in a perfect position to begin a career as a home flipper.

Another note for you on conventional financing for condos is that anything over 15 year fixed and 75% LTV will pick up an additional condo "hit" to the rate meaning your interest rate will likely be 1/8 to 1/4 higher in addition to the typical uptick you would see from an investor loan.My guess is that your broker either doesn't want to deal with verifying warrantability of condos or does not have experience with non-warrantable loan programs.

@Andrew Orr, My wife and I painted the paneling in an addition of a home we sold in Michigan.