On another note, BP seems to have corrected a mis-step regarding removing services. 

In the short term, they need immediate help such at food, water, and lodging.Your entitle to your opinion, but I believe most people are compassionate to those impacted by Mother Nature related events whether in is hurricanes, flooding, earthquakes, tornados, fires, etc.

In the summer everything settles back down.If my assumption is correct, when the foundation lifts the floor in the winter, it will also raise the exterior wall sitting on it.

@Andrew Frishman - here is some food for thought to get you started: https://www.biggerpockets.com/member-blogs/11782/84402-how-to-evaluate-a-sponsor Feel free to DM me with any specific questions, I have invested in multiple deals as a LP and as a GP.

@Nick BurrellYour mentor can't be more correct. 

While $8,500 definitely seems expensive, $2,000 is probably not enough to do this correctly.  

When used correctly a zombie property can be purchased for pennies on the dollar and then the hidden equity can be released via a quiet title action.

Correct @Jake Andronico and @Bill B.. 

There is no such thing as FREE college, FREE food, FREE housing, FREE health care.

Is this a correct understanding of the major steps?