Roaches are good at avoiding contaminated areas. 

If this sewage problem has been ongoing for months/years, which is not uncommon in hoarding situations, you could be looking at so much contamination, that a complete gut is necessary. 

In these cases, it is easier and more cost effective to do lead safe as you only need to encapsulate the contaminated areas.

You have to count for the costs of building the pads, the cost of hooking up utilities, costs of either building a well or connecting to city lines, costs of building a septic tank or connecting to city lines,  the phase 1 survey to make sure the land is not contaminated, not to mention all the fees I probably don’t even know about to maleness it ok with the city.Not meant to scare you or anything but just a precaution to be aware of what you are really going to pay before you get started in this endeavor.

I have been working closely with the Town economic developer who says that the Town does not want to foreclosure on the property as they are concerned of the contamination and view the property as a liability.

If there is a buried tank then you seriously risk soil contamination if the tank ever leaked oil.

Your post is old, but in the unlikely event you again have the opportunity to buy a house that was just raided by a SWAT team, just be aware that sometimes houses are used to cook meth and are contaminated, endangering future residents and remediation.

Apparently, I was unaware of the generous incentives/policies and opportunities that Cleveland has for RE investors of lead contaminated properties, thank you for enlightening me.If you are satisfied with the service you are getting from your local government, good for you.

Automotive you have to be careful about environmental contamination and if there are clauses in the lease for the tenants to be on the hook for any clean up and return the property to a clean state.I do like Auto Zone and Advance autos for my clients.

They said, will require to remove the contaminated soil having a subsurface evaluator look at it , taking six samples and sending them to the lab.