Not looking to get out of paying a commission, just wanting to make sure if it doesn’t sell for what I want in 90 days, I can re-lease it without having to pay a commission other than the small fee they charge for placing the tennant.

But they charge several hundred dollars for each list, for each county.http://www.public-record.com/ Is their site. 

They can be usefulI find them to be a headache and if it takes them time to come out, that’s bad and then if they charge you the service fee but deny the work being needed then your down a service fee plus it’s not repaired plus it took up time and the tenant is unhappy.Pros and consUp to you but I don’t recommend itSome people do though.

Ask them how much they will charge you for their time 

So very interesting, I see that my ghost buyer is a frequent poster on this site.https://www.biggerpockets.com/users/BeePee#0I would not take any advice or do any business with this guy. 

What I know from from looking up some info on YouTube is 1- you look up properties that have been foreclosed on2-Make sure that in auction the price sold a lot higher than what the house used to owe. 3- Contact the old owner of the house and tell them that the county has surplus fund for them ( if it was foreclosed on for $50k and it sold in auction for $75K- $25k belongs to the old owner) 4- by helping the owner get the money that he is owed you can charge a small fee?

The ones already doing a bunch of routine work in the neighborhood will charge you less than someone driving 45m out of their way just for your property. 

I saw in this FORBES article that Vornado only charges about $13/sq ft for the Marquis Theatre in the Marriott Marquis.

What would you suggest as means for getting in touch with the owner or whomever might be in charge of the sale?

Regarding licensing in both states, I would recommend licensing in the state you’ll be in most frequently so that you can focus your efforts on marketing and networking to one location to start.