You'd need surface drains out in the middle of the yard that tie in as well.

Even with no devices turned on the appliances still have zombie power drain of some sort.

This is so your money is not going down the drain.

I have a restoration company coming tomorrow, but for now, I have put a sump pump in to drain the water out.

Does your house have rain gutters, and if so, where are they draining to?

It looks like the pump is connected to an ABS (plastic) drain pipe going into the ground and that like should not be clogging, at all, if the pump is working properly.Every plumbing system with a pump needs a high number of clean-outs to access the pipe so you can clean the pipes with the proper equipment.

Then you will be in a better position financially than having a property that was a drain. 

Moreover, it turns out our drain connects to the main sewer line six houses away, on another street, at the end of the block.The only solution provided by Citizens Energy is to reroute our connection to a lateral drain across the street.

@Kevin ColemanNo one will tell you to drain your retirement account and go "all in" and no one can stop you either. 

My alternative is renting a crappy bedroom from someone else, which seems to start at 900$/m down the drain, and leave it empty most of the time.