Is it harder to invest in your own back yard, than it is in Detroit?

The seller and listing agent only need to make those disclosures required by law, they may not be required to say that in a hard rain, the back half of the yard holds water for several days unless it's in a flood plain, that's not a flooding issue for the house.

I didn't want to say anything because I wanted to keep a good rapport with them, and get them to renew (I offered a $200 incentive at renewal when they signed the lease in order to entice them into renewing), but that obviously didn't work.The back yard all along the fence line and by the porch was destroyed from the dogs.I've been told that I cannot deduct the repairs to re-seed the yard along the fence line because I had dogs when I lived there, and I did not take "before" pictures...They also had the utilities turned off, and I had to have the utilities turned back on for the fridge.

How's the yard?

You may have potential investors right in your back yard.

That is to the LTV, property condition, repairs required and skin in the deal to make it work, value of depreciating assets or salvage values (business loans) with an operating cushion.

I put 97 yards in a unit yesterday.

While I stood in the front yard an Army chopper flew by overhead and I just pointed at the chopper saying, I have friends and you can't hide!!!!!!

But since it is what it is currently is there nothing the OP can do to salvage the situation?

So in low-income neighborhoods, at least in Milwaukee, and I guess most other larger cities, you will never get away from drugs, as you will never get away from people throwing garbage in your yard, "cutting through" the yard while looking for scrap metal, strangers' cars parked on your parking areas, scary crowds in the alley...You have little control, but if you have suspicions or even strong indicators, the city and the police listens to you, even if it's not your property.