Put more eloquently, the Alabama Supreme Court said, “Though ordinarily there exists a presumption that one does not intend to abandon his property, this presumption is not attendant where the article claimed to have been abandoned is generally considered valueless.”[1] Photographic evidence that the contents of a tax sale property were all damaged, heavily soiled, or not worth the cost to haul to the dump, would seem to indicate “valueless” abandoned property.

And we are proud of our diversity, evident throughout the neighborhood.

It doesn't seem like he is willing to provide me any anecdotal evidence or his personal opinion.  

No personal experience, but the preponderance of evidence shows that Do Hard Money should just be called Take Your Money.

The cracked ground demonstrates thy weren't watering sufficiently, but it would help if you had evidence that the ground was not cracked prior to occupancy.

I was able to politely get out of that call in only 20 minutes, I consider that a win.I have no evidence but I suspect some recreational chemicals might have been involved.  

However, their current policy requires an active issue and video evidence of the damage to proceed.

I paid for a Phase I inspection (not cheap) and discovered that according to records, there were at some point underground tanks on the property and no evidence they were ever removed.  

To have gotten to the point of a trial there would have to be some evidence proffered which would have allowed the case and counts to survive a motion for summary judgment.

Evidently, that work wasn't adequate, and the new homeowner should probably be going after the roofer for construction defects.