I had forgotten what it felt like at the end of each day coming home covered in paint with tired aching muscles.

They can't sell it as it is owned by multiple offspring with all sorts of opinions of what to do with it, but as the offspring started dying off and/or retiring to Florida or a nearby retirement home, the place tends to consolidate again under a single executor who takes care of it for their combined interests.That owner/executor will often have a loathing for that property as a millstone around her/his neck, not worth the money it generates. 

So how can I reject pain in the neck prospects early on in a legal way when it is based on my subjective evaluation of the visit?

If you can get the city on board with you for revitalization, they might hug your neck for it and help you apply for grants.

Could be a nice bump for the Fairbanks market and full disclosure: I know NOTHING about that neck of the woods.Good Luck!

In my on going quest to learn about this new world of REI, I have been trying to flex my muscles in the brain to understand the ways in which everyone else is successful. 

@Richard Kerski I am very interested in working with investors down in your neck of the woods!  

In your neck of the woods John L Scott and Windermere are the heavy hitters.  

In the meantime, if there are any BP members in my neck of the woods who wouldn't mind having their brains picked by a newbie, I'd be glad to buy you lunch and introduce myself in person.

Big burly guys that drive a jacked up 4wd, neck tats, chew tobacco and pay money to women for favors.