Also the housing stock is generally in poor condition in the city, and you have the typical problems that come from low income areas like crime, drugs and violence.

I have a taxpayer that wants to redeem basically I have cut the grass a couple of times and sprayed the yard with Permethrin poison to kill the fleas and roaches and ants and other bugs and have cleaned up the property extensively because there was trash everywhere and it was kind of overgrown how do I charge for this if I'm charging for the value and not the cost

Typically one of the dwellings has to be owner-occupied, otherwise you're renting it as a duplex when it's zoned as a single. 

Some states re-assess on purchase, others do not (and when I say "states" I'm not implying that the state is the taxing authority--it's typically the county--but the state typically sets the tax code, with some exceptions).  

Those are typically scraped by a deleader.  3) Lead paint on Moveable/Impact surfaces. 

Around here, there would never be a payback in a typical rental.

Yes, I don't see cash for keys working because it won't be simple for them to find a different place as cheap or willing to take someone with inconsistent income.With no escape clause in the lease we were just counting days (months) til we can get tenants that meet our typical qualifying requirements.

The house next door is typically your redneck trash house with unkept yard ,with trash and broke down cars and lawn mowers in yard .

San Antonio's boom has inflated prices typically too high.

Typically on a foreclosure auction its cash-only, obvs, but since this was not a foreclosure and a state-owned property that has no leins, they couldn't give me an answer.Does anyone have any experience with this type of thing?