It's also considered a block by block city, so it will be critical that you link up with someone that is reputable and understands the area.

hi mike. what you have going on here is a property that has not met the reserve price. in cases like these, the top bidder is no where near the reserve price. if you are the top bidder, auction.com will contact you and offer you the house for near the reserve price. in these cases, the top bidder declines and the house hits the auction block again. you need to be the top bidder at the end of the auction. i personally have had them call me and offer me the house for a few thousand less than their reserve price, which i counter offered at a few thousand over my price. we met in the middle and i still got a pretty good deal. 

Could it possibly be on a high crime block?

@Dennis Jervier, JrCan you PM me the block or post it so we can advise you better.  

I have taken properties that are the ugliest on the block, with no one living in them, and increased its taxable value by 3-4 times.

So I guess what I’m looking for is some advice to get me past this block so I can move forward.

They are usually done by a block method using square feet, they don't have time to look at each property so if you bet on that value, you'll be wrong, it's apples and oranges.If you don't know what value is based on and the 3 approaches used, you're not even in real estate, you might be playing some guru game playing house like a 5 year old girl, just trying to play with bigger houses.

Is this for block or wood frame? 

The zoning is different, block by block.

@Benjamin Von Blon Our office has moved - we're just 1 block south and 1 block west, at 753 E Broad St.