Some plumbers have a sewer cam that has a radio in it, where they can walk above on the grass with a special receiver and it will beep like a metal detector.They simply spray paint the lawn where to pipe is.Accuracy seems good with this.They can also blow smoke down the pipes and see where it leaks out.If the tank is under the structure maybe you can just disconnect it and put new one in where you can get at it.Good Luck!

I think the safe T act is going to make a bad situation worse up there and I anticipate crime rates going up and eventually more people will leave the city. you may have a situation like New York in the 70s where crime got out of control and the market/city took a hit, prices came down and opened up opportunities for people in the 80s to invest and build the city back up after they finally realized something needed to be done. just my thoughts though. 

You are allowed to buy the tenant out either ‘cash 4 keys’ or pay them the city relocation fee which is pretty high and can be found here:  https://housing.lacity.org/wp-...Whatever you do, don’t irritate the tenant because under the LA rules, you still cannot evict a tenant for non-payment of rent.You don’t want a situation where a tenant decides they no longer want to pay rent.Unfortunately, LA is a different beast and rent control in this area follows different guidelines. 

First off, our team replied and engaged in your live chats and emails really fast during business hours and were working through the issues w/ you... but the one issue we had no control over was the Godaddy issue. 

For them, it's damage control. 

People's lives are forever controlled by two emotions: fear and greed.

If it appears abandoned, change the locks and take control of the property immediately.When Tenants abandon, they often leave a lot of stuff behind.

Do you want to have an investment that you have no control over, has less of an upside, is less involved, and has minimal tax advantages?

The biggest obstacle, although out of my direct control, was the lender delays. 

So the point to the story is that you may make it big or you may fall a few times, but one thing for certain is that YOU are in control of your destiny and the only limits are the ones you set for yourself!