There's an auto-bid option, a $100 bid increment, and a $1000 starting price. So, aside from crazy people, you can pretty much figure that the # of bids on a property is ~= [[final price - 1000) / 100. The interesting detail is how many different bidders are interested in each, which takes a little more legwork to deduce.



As for the BE deadline of 9 months, the Rules page has been updated to state:

You will also be required to sign a contract with the Land Bank in which you agree that within 6 months of closing, the property will be brought up to Code and occupied. If the property is in an historic district or has historic designation, your contract will state that you have 9 months to bring it up to Code and have it occupied.
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