I live on long island and run a landscape business here right now. 

I live in Long Island, NY. 

Does anyone invest in Blue Island?

The field of engineering I do actually ties to real estate which is "Land Development."

Also, visit Dauphin Island across the bay. 

Desert Island), Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Shenandoah, Mammoth Cave (though not quite at the 1M visitors threshold). 

They've not really entered South Jersey or the Philly market, but Northern NJ, NYC, Long Island, Fairfield CT, and Westchester have Wall Street all over the place.

You MAY be able to ensure nobody is living there and avoid the need to use a constable/sheriff by having the municipality's code enforcement office post a notice saying the place is "uninhabitable".

Also an experienced mortgage lender at United Mortgage Corp based in Woodbury -Long Island NY, I proudly serve clients across New York, New Jersey, Florida, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, and Georgia.

It's always great to see folks from Long Island diving into the world of real estate investing.