If you rehab a house in one of the neighborhoods you're considering will it be surrounded by other abandoned distressed properties or are these abandoned properties located in decent neighborhoods that people will want to live? 

Some strategies and asset classes are better in different market conditions - but difficult times doesn't mean you have to abandon an entire method of investing! 

Do they save women & children first, or do they abandon ship and watch it go down from afar?

The new PM says this isn't something they can help with and won't be getting involved, so I feel completely let down and abandoned by the old PM, and at a loss as to what to do. - Is this a reasonable stance for the original PM to take?

Most of the population moved to the surrounding suburbs or other cities and abandoned the downtown area, causing it to become a center for poverty, drugs, homelessness, and crime.

If it’s a nice motorhome who’s going to abandoned it? 

I think you might also want to mention the benefit of abandoning specific assets on the depreciation schedule with residual or undepreciated basis.

I would define it as a property that has been abandoned by both the owner of record and the lien holders.

I have clients in KCMO that buy distressed properties and generally don't have issues, but they have several years of experience doing this, some properties are even abandoned.

I sent certified mail mid september that was returned from the post office. i eventually flew drove down to the property in beginning of October to post eviction notice on garage and front door. i inspected the property that seemed half way abandoned.