Thankfully in our urban setting, nothing other than the occasional neighborhood cat strolling by, or the over-served patron from the hole-in-the-wall drinking establishment across the street. 

I would stack my money up, and purchase a few of the popular BP books that @Brandon Turner has written.

It can vary neighborhood to neighborhood and even street to street.

I also provide no ph# and no address, just cross streets or neighborhood. 

.), because the 3 houses across the street are valued over $1.1MM. 

Try Google street view.

They were usually built in dense clusters and have not been well maintained, so you end up with a street full of run down properties.

I bet if you keep pushing with local banks, especially those popular within your local investing community, you'll find one that does HELOCs on investment properties.If not, or perhaps even if so, you could always do a Cash-out Refinance with a lender and have a permanently amortized loan that get's you the cash.  

PSEG upgraded the gas line on the street, but since the home was foreclosed on record, we were never contacted about the gas line update.

PSEG upgraded the gas line on the street, but since the home was foreclosed on record, we were never contacted about the gas line update.