In the Akron area, I wouldn't even consider anything until hitting the Highland square area en route to Fairlawn.

Sheriff's sales is generally the last step in the foreclosure process after the homeowner has exhausted all his/her options to avoid defaulting on a mortgage.To add to this, Sheriff sale's are also when the Sheriff sells a property that was delinquent on their taxesI hope this helpsHere is a Link from the Philadelphia Sheriff auction that explains it's process:http://www.officeofphiladelphiasheriff.com/en/real-estate/how-sheriffs-sales-work/overview-of-the-sheriff-sale-process

This will depend on what is permissible under current zoning, and you would likely have to get a variance or a rezone, which is quite a cumbersome en devour but could turn out be very lucrative.

You can calculate a pretty good estimate of what a tax bill will be with this calculator here: http://fiscalofficer.cuyahogacounty.us/en-US/prope...Just choose the correct city or suburb, enter the property's price, and select "no" as primary residence.

James and Shanti Kandasamy  There are companies that analyze sales and publish that information such as Korpacz/PwC  http://www.pwc.com/us/en/asset-management/real-estate/publications/pwc-real-estate-investor-survey.jhtml A cap rate is only as good as the details of the NOI. 

En route to that, I expect to focus primarily multi-family, however, I really think I could nail down the travel nurse (healthcare market) if an exceptional deal came along on a SFH that fit the bill.

For the cash flow investor, LA would be the $en$ible buy.

In case it’s any help, we totally hear your point about being able to delete pending prequalification and application invites, so we made an update where you can now delete them: https://help.rentredi.com/en/a...Hope this helps!

After checking our useful City of Chicago Permit Violations Websitewww.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/bldgs/provdrs/...I found the following, see image below.  

Maybe en Rent Stabilazation Board could point you in the direction of classes, publication to get you started.