If demolition were required on homes where murder was involved, we'd be tearing down homes left and right.

You can flip at the beaches but most buy for land value, tear down, and start new.

.$160,000 w/ $35,000 downProperty 1 - $70,000 will cash flow about 150.00/month - it has long term renters but it would probably be a complete tear down once they move out or take a good chunk of change to get it up to snuff.

If they're not going to let you build a four-family there, then there's no point in tearing down what you have now. 

Try the school bulletin board with tear-off phone number cards, and be sure you are listing on all the available listings sites (zillow, trulia, apartments, rentpath, etc).

What will the costs be to tear down and haul off the house?

About $7k per SFH for me (tear-off, architectural shingles and a ridge vent).

Our goal is to tear down the house and put a duplex on that property. 

Yes I understand there are many facets and variables with an undertaking of this magnitude, but blood, sweat, tears, ingenuity and common sense can create marvels and monuments then this is no different.  

With that being said, the exterior can use a minor face-lift:- paint job- tear down this concrete wall- replace the back gate door (POS wooden gate)2.