It's a true win-win the way I look at it.

I'm still learning how to find hard lenders, which banks to talk to and win, how to refinance, and when I can receive and use a HELOC.

In general, stay away from any one who advertises, is award winning, or sends out a salesmen to quote your job.  

@Ron Gallagher bungalow looks cool, I see they operate in Arlington, I’m gonna see what kinda of $ they offer to use the house, hopefully they structure it as a win-win with the owner and not a below market lowball.

Is there any option for me to make this a win, win for us both?

It's a win/win.

.$100 for the search seems better than $3-15K for a lost deposit.Plan is to narrow down to 2/3 parcels, have the due diligence research completed, go to the auction with firm maximum bids, Win (at least something), either recoup my bid plus interest if a lien holder wants to maintain interest or wait the redemption period, go through quiet title process and either sell the property or keep it for CF.Any additional advice would be greatly appreciated.

Lessoned learned but you still made some cold hard $$$ thats a WIN -WIN!!

I put quite a bit of time into building relationships with other successful realtors in my market because that often allows my clients to get the best deals, win highest and best rounds on the buy side, or get inside information about the buyer's motivation when I am the listing agent. 

Win a lottery> (4)could you recommend a book to me?