It would turn "open" at times and turn "closed" at times, thus causing the intermittent blockage.

@Fantasia BowserYou have been given the proper answer, but on a side note, as it appears you may not be entirely familiar with basic contract law, you may be lacking some critical knowledge in other investing areas too so it would be wise to consider partnering on your first 5 or 6 deals with an active local investor so you can learn how to properly enter and exit a transaction without causing yourself potentially serious ramifications. 

Good for you for overcoming what causes so many to fail....they never try.  

When I started looking into it, drilled down and spoke with people who have been there and done that, it became clear that while it's possible to make some money doing it, there are definitely some issues that will likely arise: tenants in those areas will cause more wear and tear, are much more likely to default, and you'll spend more time either managing the property or managing the manager.Yes, you can buy houses sub-$50k that rent for $800-1,200/month and at a first glance, that sounds awesome.

However this causes payroll taxes and more paperwork.  

They then would have tried to subrogate the master insurance policy to pay for damages, or the board could have intervened and paid for the bills out of pocket.

I thing the landlord was within his rights to send the bill.If it turns out the killing by the police was unjustified, then the city should pay for the damages. 

I would look for a restoration service like Servpro that specializes in fire/water damage, as compared to a contractor.

It's near Penn State and I don't want students in there partying and damaging the property (because that is why I had to refurbish it!).

I was browsing the web looking for different deals and yada yada yada i see this advertisement for a 2 day special auction where 150 sandy damaged homes and lots will be auctioned and 24 with water views and 70 with actuall water frontage bulkhead etc... the cheaper ones had pre storm values 220k-550k and starting bid under 100k but not on the waterthe waterfront homes with that start under 100k are all scheduled for demolition HOWEVER there are a few starting 110k-240k with pre storm values of 450k- 1.2million...So they had the brochure for free on the line but make you purchase a information package with all the due diligence from title reports to sales agreement for the properties...So personally i will not consider a property scheduled for demolition.....