After a few years and hundreds of rejections I finally got a bank to say ok.

I’m finally selling our first rental property.

If there is anything left over after the sale, it goes to the IRS then to the state and finally back to the borrower, in that order.No, you don't want to work with a title company to make sure those are paid. if you are bidding, and you win, those get paid through the foreclosure trustee/attorney if any left over after lender is paid and if not, they get wiped out (IRS has redemption rights for a period of time) and don't get paid (All things being equal).

We are finalizing our team with PMs, brokers, GCs and asset managers and still need an attorney.

Are there any other actions I can take that result in big "wins" for the amount invested?

In the meantime, I'm working full time, unfortunately, on the other side of the country from Albuquerque, which is where we'll finally "settle".

If so can you share your results?

I had a baby prior to getting married... baby is great, have another one, finally got married and all is well!  

I then contacted the owner a couple days after I got the insurance finalized and she informed me that the bank let her make a payment the final day of auction.

I finally understand.