- Also there's a large elevated interstate within a quarter mile as well = fairly noisy environment.

Unreasonable being installing an elevator or chair lift.DO NOT ask them to leave the premise because you don't want them there, don't want to have to reasonably accommodate them, etc. 

The north part of Staten Island is fine because the elevation above the sea level is much higher. 

The town will let both be rebuilt because it was a disaster situation (8 homes , plus a bunch of other outbuildings were lost in this fire), but they will both need to be elevated. 

Often it is elevator, parking, club house, pool etc.

Anything off of Euclid Ave. that's not up at the higher elevations seems a little sketchier.

If this has been happening for years you've probably got a rotted sill, which is the where the wood sits on the concrete.The wood will wick up water above the water line, inside the wall and you'll get rot and mold in and on the walls.I'm going to guess that over the years, erosion from the hill has left the ground level behind the garage higher than the slab elevation, and you've probably got a negative grade, meaning the dirt from the hill slopes to the garage, not away from the garage.

I know this is getting long and starting to sound like a motivational speech by a guy that has done 1 deal, but I just wanted to let those who haven't completed a deal yet know, DON'T QUIT if it's truly your passion.

It's an elevated park on the west side that was constructed on the old railway system, I heard it's pretty nice - just opened last year. http://www.thehighline.org/about/park-informationhttp://www.aviewoncities.com/nyc/nycattractions.htm

Once you are successful in your MF investment, write an article about it, give a speech to a real estate club describing it, and perhaps volunteer to teach at a workshop or seminar.