I'm going to use aluminum L channel to keep it all together and a rubber membrane to block water.

Here, the warzones and the poor but decent streets can be only a couple blocks apart.Caveat emptor.

So a lis pendens can have the correct property description or even a description that includes the other lot but no address or even a parcel # or block/lot #'s and still be included in the foreclosure.So again, who told you the lost weren't foreclosed on?

but lets imagine its not I am trying to decide if its worth itCan do brick block and rock and everything up to shingles on roofAnd am friends with hvac and a plumber and several electricians where I cannot diy I think that DIY is the best option for me to get into investing as its the only part of the game I knowLots of things to read and think about here at bigger pocketsAnd I have to start somehow

Bake some pies, have some drinks, and arrange a block party!

Neighborhoods can change dramatically from one block to just the next street over.

Our previous strategy prior to going green was to have the best house on the block priced at a drastic discount from the competition (8 - 10% less) - we often received clean offers above asking and were under contract in under 2 weeks.

What type of foundation walls (block,stone, poured concrete)?

There is a huge variability neighborhood to neighborhood and even block by block in bk, especially bushwick and williamsburg.

I don't care if they're the only house on the block with clean sidewalks & everybody else has icebergs piled in front - I check!