Now the sidewalk is flooding and the city says I have to have it fixed or they can deny water to the house which would probably not sit well with the tenants.

Concrete sidewalks and A/C pads have been poured.

About the 30k a year they spend maintaining side walks.8 think the maintenance and liability costs would be rediculous.

Check your zoning but multiple SFH might not be allowed with first creating a new sub-division (think new utilities, road, sidewalks...expensive)This list is not inclusive but should get your wheels turning.

, a 1 inch gap in the sidewalk,  a deck scheduled for immediate replacement with a signed contract(canceled over these-various properties). 

The remove the sidewalk.

For open houses it's a flyer in the home and on the lawn/side walk area.

@Eric Baum You will need to go to the Planning Department and find out what the minimum lot size is in the neighborhood, what would be required to split, setbacks required for curb, gutter, sidewalk, landscaping, etc.

We celebrated with cherry kool aid, Joel's favorite drink and the went across the street to the closing agent to close the deal.After closing I began waking back to my newly acquired property, feeling pretty good after Joel's assurances and getting 50 K cash back at closing as he had the deal settled by some guru's system.....anyway, I stepped on to the street and someone tackled me pushing me back on the sidewalk, the were yelling, "MAN, IT"S SHAFT, HE's A BAD..." there was a pause and some chick says "Watch your mouth!"

I need a concrete guy to do a smallish sidewalk job in Houston (Copperfield area).