Okay great thanks, I will contact you tomorrow with more information so we can get the ball rolling.

No I do not in looking for a no money down option to buy my first property to help me get the ball Rolling.

City has issued a Warrant for my arrest for housing code violation and has condemned the house..and the tenants tell the judge they want a trial..to get another 2 weeks....almost time for a base ball bat...

When you have bank financing in place, this is a whole new ball of wax. 

Sometimes you are better off making the offer through a third party, lawyer or agent, you want to be arms length to be safe.Try to inspect the property before bidding, sometimes the mortgagor (owner) will damage the property just to get even with the mortgagee (lender), like removing all the dry wall, pouring cement down the commode, blocking the vent line (from the roof) with a tennis ball (keeps toilet from working right), short circuiting the electrical system, over flowing the sinks....etc.Be aware you are paying interest from the date of the sale until settlement, if it take the bank 6 months to ready this property for transfer, it could cost you thousands of dollars.Be very careful............ it is easy to make a mistake......look at the property, talk to owner, talk to trustee and auctioneer, read the contract before bidding.2) How do I prepare for the auction?

In south augusta that investors will normally look to be all in at 35k on a 3/1 and rent on section 8 for 700$ .Head over to Columbia county & you're in a much different ball game .

I need help learning how to execute my ideas and also need help financing my potential projects that could get the ball rolling for me.

I had a tree recently cannon ball through the roof (luckily no one was in the room at the time and insurance took care of it), but the potential liability on just my name is a motivating factor in wanting to get out of it. 

@Richard Ball As they say, the plan is not the terrain, so I can only offer my thoughts from a few hundred miles away.

If there are tenants in place with active leases in any of the units (excluding the one you'd have to occupy), then a lender will count 75% of those rents towards your income when qualifying for a loan.If you're talking properties above 4 units though, then it's a whole different ball game.