It even got to the point where a local news crew chased him down a street with a camera crew trying to get answers.I'm going to keep trying to contacting him before the auction, but how do I put myself in the best position to get this property at auction?

Cameras.  

Proper documentation doesn't take much time with today's camera technology and a few minutes of documentation will save your bacon!

Or, you can put a camera up and see who comes to claim the packages and hand the recording over to the police.

One person comes up with the idea to turn this land into an RV storage. noted this vacant land has no automated gate, no security camera, nothing. but he is willing to clean up the land and prepare it for the RV storage. after it's done, he will be marketing and managing everything.

Asphalted the entrance driveway, set up a proper management system, added cameras, etc. 

I'm a landlord in Ma and I want to put in surveillance cameras with voice recording in common areas/hallways.

Welcome to the Nanny State!

Upgrades such as security gate, cameras, 7 renovated units, Hvac units.

It would be cool to mount project cameras that create a time lapse of each process.