From what I heard recently from a fellow REO agent who covers Essex County, is that Irvington had a lot of corruption issues with their building department.

Here's the list:(A) rezone for densities necessary to assure the production of moderate income housing;(B) facilitate the rehabilitation or expansion of infrastructure that will encourage the construction of moderate income housing;(C) [encourage] facilitate the rehabilitation of existing uninhabitable housing stock into moderate income housing;(D) consider general fund subsidies or other sources of revenue to waive construction related fees that are otherwise generally imposed by the city;(E) create or allow for, and reduce regulations related to, accessory dwelling units in residential zones;(F) allow for higher density or moderate income residential development in commercial and mixed-use zones, commercial centers, or employment centers;(G) encourage higher density or moderate income residential development near major transit investment corridors;(H) eliminate or reduce parking requirements for residential development where a resident is less likely to rely on the resident's own vehicle, such as residential development near major transit investment corridors or senior living facilities;(I) allow for single room occupancy developments;(J) implement zoning incentives for low to moderate income units in new developments;(K) utilize strategies that preserve subsidized low to moderate income units on a long-term basis;(L) preserve existing moderate income housing;(M) reduce impact fees, as defined in Section 11-36a-102, related to low and moderate income housing;(N) participate in a community land trust program for low or moderate income housing;(O) implement a mortgage assistance program for employees of the municipality or of an employer that provides contracted services to the municipality;(P) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for state or federal funds or tax incentives to promote the construction of moderate income housing;(Q) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for programs offered by the Utah Housing Corporation within that agency's funding capacity;(R) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for affordable housing programs administered by the Department of Workforce Services;(S) apply for or partner with an entity that applies for programs administered by an association of governments established by an interlocal agreement under Title 11, Chapter 13, Interlocal Cooperation Act[.]

At the moment I'm being pro-active in the elbow grease department.

The cleaning and minor repairs should have been charged to the departing tenant and deducted from the deposit.If you want to know what the property manager is going to charge, you'll have to ask them.

Getting the easement shouldn't be difficult if you have the cooperation of your father in law - talk to the local planning/building department and figure out the steps for your city/county.

Spoke to Alex in the planning department in City of LB and all he said is "we're trying to get our head wrapped around all this."

When your tenant calls, inform them that you exhausted your resources to solve the problem (asking nicely) and that parking issues are a police matter and refer them to the non emergency phone number for the local police department or sheriff's office.If you insist on being involved: many times departments have a management level supervisor assigned to different areas of a jurisdiction to better respond to community needs.

planning department.. 

Call the water department and see what the actual bills have been for the last year.You're forgetting management.

I've had the best success with local banks and the commercial lending department, especially if they know the subject property.One other note, the commercial loans don't report on my personal credit.