Do you mean the yard is overgrown with weeds or is half the property burned and the remaining half contaminated from a meth lab?

I would recommend reaching out to them and asking for referrals or a list of companies certified in specifically cleaning up methamphetamine labs.I'd expect a certified company to follow these high-level steps: Testing: Quantitative pre-testing to determine how contaminated your property is, and which areas are most contaminated.Cleanup: Clean the home of leftover belongings and debris, and remove porous components like furniture and carpeting.Vacuuming: Use HEPA-certified vacuums to remove all dust from the property.Decontamination: Decontaminate every square inch of the propertyPost-Testing: After the property is cleaned, run more tests to document that the home is completely clean.

Others do it on site and you have to be careful of the way they dispose of their waste, especially liquid toxic waste.Some time back, I read of a lawsuit here in NY where the landlord and his dry cleaning tenant was sued over flushing hazardous materials done the drain, and then a sewer blockage caused contamination in the neighborhood when there was wastewater backup.

I've been eyeing Newburgh, NY as a potential next investment spot and it's had some major water contamination issues in the past...

The census data shows that the age brackets are pretty evenly spaced, so don't expect major swings in the population anytime soon.Unlike the general economy, Port Hope has been dealing with environmental contamination issues.

It's sort of hidden, so not a problem from a storage perspective, but I'm worried about resale or further issues of contamination.

The floods bring in contaminated water, so you have to deal with clean up.

The floods bring contamination, so it isn't even safe to be in many areas.

If you are lucky there will be no contamination .  

If there's contamination, no lender will touch it until it's cleaned up.