The good news, I had no issues buying my first 3 unit in Worcester, MA.

There is always something on the news riling up it's viewers about the housing shortage, even if the thoughts being pushed out are misguided.

If there is any good news it's that the house itself only violates the easement by ~2.5 feet.

@Mike B. that's great news! 

You will hear that over and over again but if you are reading this and you have 57 properties that you drove by and every week attempt to get in touch with the owner on, I've got some bad news for you----you're not going to get a deal.

Did anyone check out the news from HAR release few days ago? 

He went back into the unit on July 4th and set off fireworks outside and inside, had a noisy party, vandalized extensively, got arrested by the police, and made the local news.

The Phoenix Metro Area has about 300,000 snowbirds every year with a MAJOR fiscal impact:https://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/news/2017/07/17/this-country-s-tourists-contribute-2-4-billion-to.htmlSo the county's leadership would have to be absolutely in career suicide mode to push for something like this.

Great news had property we renovated with over 140k in equity in it. 

I called the city to explain (I also let my realtor know as a courtesy so she could let the buyers' realtor know).In extreme eyesore situations, government gets involved and code enforcement liens on the property can add up over time.Oh wow it even made the news.