I know mortgages & mechanics liens and the like are junior.

So, work on a good script, practice it and role play, then make the script your own, or make it fit your personality so it doesn't make you sound mechanical. 

This would cover a new roof, A/C condenser, water heater, refrigerator other mechanical items excluding a furnace.

There could be other liens, like back taxes, unpaid municipal services, mechanics liens, HOA liens, etc.

I currently wake up way too early to work as an aircraft mechanic and I am itching to progress into some buy and hold property investment.

You don't need a lawsuit, or find a mechanics lien on the house because the tenants never actually paid for the work.

I'm currently working full-time as a Mechanical Engineer, but I want to learn about the possibilities of supplementing that income with investing.

A bid of $85 would pay in full the Mortgagee and the $10 overage would pay any junior lien holder (like a second mortgage or a mechanics lien) and if none are present, the money goes to the borrower.In most cases, the original lender is not the investor who owns the loan right now.

Confirm that the provider has experience with the particular investments in which you intend to invest your retirement funds as you very likely will have questions in terms of the mechanics (e.g. how do you invest in real estate, etc.).4.

This is SIMILAR to a BRRR, but different mechanics.