But, a quick drive down the google street view and it looks like everybody is either working from the sidewalk or inspecting the patios for signs of rot.  

Have seen the “trip and fall on sidewalk” but that was covered through the insurance company.

There are now over 66,000 homeless people in Los Angeles sleeping on sidewalks, doorways, in tents, and camps.

Just keep in mind if you sell the property you will have to reclaim that depreciation, so it's not just free money found on the sidewalk.

What does the city expect me to do, be there all day, or have a webcam on the sidewalk to run over there in case someone puts their recycling out too early? 

Space is 600 square feet, flooring at $2.00 per square feet, plus trim/boarders and installPaint rooms where writing is on the wall $250.00*2900.00 to paint the entire interior of home Hole patched and ceiling peeling fixed and painted in garage $200.00Pressure wash home side walk, driveway and front of home $350.00\All Exterior wood rot, replacement and properly paint using exterior based paint on home/chimney and including wood rot replace and paint shed out back. $1500.00. * This includes 9 2X4's, 14 12 ft planks of wood composites, paint, nails and labor.

As a wholesaler you don't have a ice cube's chance on a hot sidewalk of dealing at this level with commercial buyers who really don't need you or will need you ever again.In other words, you're elephant hunting with a BB gun. 

The state has recently invested (wasted in my opinion) $12-15 million on connecting the Thomas Cole house and Olana by putting in a roundabout and soon to be parking lot with sidewalks to walk to Olana and the Thomas Cole House.

In this instance it was under the sidewalk out front.

In the 1990s, the Mercury News also ran a story about San Jose's Urban Forest initiative that required homeowners to plant a tree between the sidewalk and curb if feasible to do so (either then of when they sold the house).