I am directly involved with some educational events through out Philadelphia and well networked in with a solid power team!

If you are mainly a ski lake, you typically do not need power. 

This is beyond the City's powers and so the property basically maintains it's status unless it's destroyed. 

A great company that offers free webinars on Wednesdays is Market Leader... google "market leader power hour". 

The phone "apps" can never be as powerful as a full blown web or desktop app.

And you wont be able to get it apprised/sold for what you are in.Overall, you are at the mercy of powers you don't control.

Right up there with find a mentor, and put together your power team. 

In NC, buying a foreclosure requires knowing about trustee power of sale per NC General Statutes Chapter 45, specifically Article 2A.

Keep in mind, the ways you suggested (borrowing) will also contribute to your Debt to Income ration which effects your borrowing power when trying to get a mortgage. 

On that messy note, we are closing on a 50 pad park in South AL in a month or so.  100% lot rent, city water owns the pipes and septic fields for each home (this is an acceptable risk), and power company owns everything including the power meter.