Make sure you have read the terms of the auction thoroughly, nothing like winning an auction and finding out it's only a cash auction and you did not bring enough. .

Millenials will want the last smart home gadgets, and getting them hooked into the Amazon eco-system will be a long term win for Amazon. 

Congrats on getting rid of all of your major debt, That is a HUGE win! 

They win big time also.

(I understand that I would never recover the money, and would be purchasing solely to be able to do the environmental study)(2) If I did the study, then convinced the Town to foreclosure so that I can attempt to win the property at Auction, would I be able to circumvent the Bank Lien #1?

It created a win-win because I was truly looking out for him and not just myself.

It’s a win win

I want him to feel like he's getting a win but I also want to be fairly compensated for my much higher level of involvement, expertise, and risk. 

Kyosaki started to break down how we often make financial decisions, not to win but rather so that we don't lose, I could see myself in every example.

I'm familiar with the difficulty of winning a deal if one is using FHA financing as I've been through the process myself.