Here's what I've thought so far - drop the price faster until I sell it and take a loss (but at least get some of my money back to invest elsewhere) - refi and rent it (rents 2500-3200/mo); maybe a renter will care less about the busy street?

If my mom got hit with that heat bill we would have been living on the streets.

I actually have two long standing violations: my firewood rack is visible from the street and I have an unpermitted covered, screened deck (something else the ex burned up our HELOC on).

Not very far away, about 6 blocks away, a traditionally trendy high income neighborhood delineated by a main street, has become overpriced, so many buyers and investors have decided to start buying in this neighborhood, which is equally close to everything.  

I have a fourplex down the street and rent nice updated units for 1100 (820 square feet, 2 bed 1 baths).

I would search actual listings on that street on Craig's list or talk to property managers/investors within a few blocks to find out rental rates and average vacancy over 3 years.

@Jacob James CaballeroCoincidentally I just flipped a house a few blocks down the street from this building.SFH are selling well and there is definitely a gentrification going on.  

As such the owner can actually put the tenants on the street without any notice.

If they got a letter in the mail that was sloppily handwritten with: "  $ BUY $ your house at 123 Shenanigans Street"..  

The Walnut Street shopping district as one of the fastest growing retail corridors in the country on a YoY rental growth rate basis.