As rents go unpaid, or public funding runs low (as there is no one to pay the property taxes), this invariably leads to slum-like, crime ridden housing estates, much like happened in the UK in the late 1960's and 1970's, before Margaret Thatcher began selling off these 'Council Houses' to private owners and investors.

An average price for the whole borough is kind of useless.I'd suggest looking in areas where the city council is considering rezoning.

Starting My Real Estate Journey, starting off in wholesaling covering the Council Bluffs Iowa and Omaha Nebraska Areas and plan to work my way into fix and flips.

http://murray.seattle.gov/murray-constantine-city-council-declare-emergency-announce-new-investments-to-respond-to-homelessness/#sthash.DTi5L6ea.dpbsMayor Murray Declares an emergency granting him some pretty powerful abilities:(from FAQ PDF)How is the City working with state and federal governments to address this issue?

And let the city council vote on it if that is the process. 

While the city did send out memos to the mayor and City Council to be spread amongst residents, according to local news station KPBS, the memos did not mention the conditional use permits that Smith is being fined for not having.

For some I can see the number of contracts may be a concern - I am certain city council would be willing to amend after a year if it is deemed necessary.We typically have 1 week , to 2 week contracts-  through April we will have had eight  and we have been almost completely booked. 

Get legal council on how you can proceed to make sure that it is publicly known that she has been encroaching on your yard.

So much so that the U.S Green Building Council has implemented a new standard of green certified housing knows as LEED or Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. 

For legal sake until counciled otherwise perhaps use the phrase " I like to buy ugly houses and we like to buy ugly houses" What it basically boils down to ....are you stating a fact or trying to confuse the customer as to make them think you are that other company.