1) fill up truck and trailer with trash if there is any and take it to the landfill 2) replace exterior doors if any are broken and/or change locks 3) fix the roof if it's leaking and fix damage caused by water to structural elements 4) check out the electrical and plumbing and fix as needed 5) fix drywall 6) paint 7) refinish or paint existing hardwood floors or put down HDF laminate 8) put in cabinets, toilets, sinks, appliances, etc if what is there is not easily restorable 9) replace windows that are boarded up or broken through both panes 10) check the HVAC system if one exists and fix or replace as necessary 11) add/replace interior doors, toilet paper holder, outlet covers, etc 12) clean, stage, advertise

Bought it in an auction, but we stay away from realtors for buying properties and prefer to deal directly with the owners.The key element of flipping is being in control, post to post and don't take chit from anyone.

There is a perception of a ranking of those in lending, pawnbrokers and title loan types are at the bottom, commercial lenders on top, much has to do with the barrier to entry into lending, it's pretty easy getting a pawnbroker license, it's pretty hard getting into commercial lending with lending authority.

Bessemer was ranked last year as the #2 crime city in the country per capita.

This refers to a C Corp as well as an S Corp since the latter has elements of a C Corp. 

I like it because it adds to the human element of the great business of RE investments.  

Again, disclaimer -- I'm not an expert -- but if your intent is to keep this as a 2-family dwelling, you should be safe based on your legal nonconforming status.Another element to this is the rebuildability.

I agree with @Tyler Blackwell...UT had the highest population growth in the nation in 2016 (by percentage), ranked by Forbes as the best place for business for the last three years and six of the last seven, low unemployment, a population that is expected to increase by up to 2.5 million by 2050 (highest birth rate, lowest death rate, and youngest population-60% of the population increase in 2016 came from natural increase), and a lot of tech companies coming in.The vast majority of the population increase is expected to happen in north UT. 

Is there a metric that I can use besides keyword rankings?

Cape Coral was ranked number 24.