You're in an area that's going nuts.

@Daniel Siapin  agreed until you talk to the city or county you have no clue as to their tree ordinance.I portlandia and were i Live in Lake Oswego they are nuts over trees but trees cannot preclude you from building in the legal foot print.. it affects us on land use IE subdividing but not infill lots.Also negative grade homes if they are not common in an area are tough to sell.. in some areas Like Birmingham AL comes to mine most of the homes are either negative or positive grade.. the positive is you might be able to do a day light or walk out type construction and pick up some cheap heated space.In my logging days we would have 1/4 acre slicked off in a matter of 15 minutes  LOL>

at least that's my thinking... anyone agree or you think I am nuts.

@Russell Brazil is right.

Most of the GP members have, like you said, $25k to $150k, and the ability to raise maybe 100k to 300k, but can't raise the entire nut themselves.  

@Russell Brazil Thanks for the great advice!

Evict her for the right reasons not because she drives you nut.

Thanks, @Russell Brazil.

@Maeve Cummings ,Hi Maeve, Yes, I know Inglewood is going to be a tough nut to crack.  

@Russell Brazil - no, this property was not listed.