With any investment, I plan to conduct due diligence of the Sponsor and ask as many questions as I can (and plenty of people here have laid out helpful questions to "grill" a Sponsor with).  

Your last paragraph tells me you've been reading my posts :)I'm glad to hear your attitude and the fact that you'll be seeking competent advice.There are methods of conducting wholesaling legally and ethically but they are not taught by gurus as they prefer to "dumb down" their "products" in order to market simplified approaches.

Property taxes) and should not be used as a replacement to thoroughly conducted due diligence!

I have also found out d/b/a as a LLC doesn't pardon you personally from avoiding breach of contract, code of conduct, fraud and tort related judgement.

For example, tax auctions in Worcester are conducted online, so you can go directly to the city website, and find the section on auctions. 

I conduct an inspection of each of my units every year for health/safety concerns, plumbing issues, deferred maintenance, etc.  

There is nothing more important than how you conduct yourself and your business.

Either the appropriate court is petitioned and agrees to issue a temporary restraining order, in which the lender is restrained from conducting the foreclosure sale until a full hearing can be arranged in front of the court.

We're a small shop and typically conduct 20-40 fix and flip projects per year, all at various stages of rehab and each coming with their own set of potential issues.  

It signifies that a litigant may be denied relief by a court of equity on the ground that his conduct has been inequitable, unfair and dishonest, or fraudulent, or deceitful as to the controversy in issue.[15] Thus, in the instant case, respondent cannot seek reimbursement on the ground of equity where it is clear that he willingly and knowingly bought the property despite the constitutional prohibition.