Then they are shocked that the damage they did to the house combined with the calls to health department resulted in red tagging the house.  

A pre-liminary Team typically include an Attorny, a real estate Agent, a CPA (or accountants), Inspectors, General Contractors, and Handymen.  

Have at least a preliminary Team put together.

I'm assuming there are some administrative charges added.I also understand that you have to do some preliminary title research yourself prior to the sale to ensure you're not bidding on a second mortgage or their are title issues.Is there an order the properties are auctioned off?

They can also be part of your pre-liminary Team.  

After some preliminary research, I think I'd want to own a live-in flip.

I was so shocked in fact I was speechless, as the PM toured me around.

Preliminary Team can be Attonies, real estate Agents, CPA's (or accountants), Inspectors, General Contractors, and Handymen.New Jersey has a lot of investors looking at real estate opportunities.  

But for the average Joe, we aren’t set to inherit tons of money from our family, we tried the stock market but we’ve ended up with average 7-8% returns, maybe some of us have great ideas, but we don’t have the connections and/or the network to adequately fund our business ventures.Raising money to purchase a home is relatively easy for the vast majority of people and in some cases can be shockingly affordable.

Find/Hire a Team full of members who are professionals that can do what you don't like.The preliminary Team members are Attornies, real estate Agents, CPA's (or accountants), Inspectors, General Contracors, and Handymen.