When the market corrects, and I think it is due any time now, a lot of investors will jump ship and more deals will be available.I could be completely wrong.

Part of the court process to stop the demolition you had to provide proof of resources to bring the property in compliance and have a plan filed with the court including a hard end date on the work. 

@Costin I.Those were outstanding links including the second to last forum thread which I read all 132 comments.

Also curious why VRBO isn't included. 

For short term, (Profit / investment), which includes all your holding costs and rehab costs that YOU pay for. 

My goals include becoming a successful real estate investor in flipping and rentals also getting my first investment property before the end of the year.

Thsquare footage is included in the home' tax assessment.

My question is would the daughter in law be able to take owner ship of the house or anything of that nature so I can get a contract signed?

There are many bulk services including bliptrace, needtoskip, skip genie and a bunch of others. 

Sorry I didn't think to include it from the beginning.