.- All that being said, you can always negotiate, just be realistic.6) Call the city about the trash.

I imagine there may be steps to take with the city upfront to determine if in fact the ground on the lot can be built on, but some general guidance or tips on best place to start and what to expect throughout the new construction process in Buffalo.

Baltimore City has a massive vacant housing crisis (no surprise there!).

@Fahima Hilal an architect usually only outlines mechanicals, plumbing & electrical on their blueprints.Your contracts should be creating appropriate drawings showing where their stuff would go and submit to city with their permit application.

.: Quote from @Marcus Auerbach: Most "off-market deals" I see in Milwaukee are in the poorest part of the city.

Agree with Joe, but I'll add that I had a neighbor do this (I am in Union City) and it was an expensive process. 

For instance my 90 lot subdivision at one point I had 90 legal descriptions and parcels on one master deed.. as I sold them off we just deeded them out separately.. its super common especially in older platted cities were lots might have been small like 25 X 100 and someone bought 3 of them and then built one home on all three.. some places they force merge them others you can go back and recreate the Old lots of record.. there is millions upon millions made by those that know how to find shadow plats and bring to life underlying parcels.

We also dealt with this in the City of Chicago.

. # 1 income city in the state !!

Great post, thanks for sharing, Kevin--I would also add that the Lower South End area into Madison Park is also a great area to relocated to if you want to be in close proximity to Uptown without being in the hustle & bustle of the city!