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.

If the ones that sold had a yard or pool or upgraded interiors, then you need to account for that.

I picked up a little over a thousand yards of carpet rolls for pennies on the dollar recently.It all helps the CoC and that's what its all about.

All my properties are 2/3/4-unit buildings with decent yard area where it's possible to have a garage sale.

When I get up on the slope, overseeing my neighbor yard, would that constitute an intrusion of my neighbor privacy?

We buy single family detached for our rentals now, as problem neighbors are so much worse when there is only a wall between them instead of a nice fenced yard.

I think most people like some trees and shade as long as the yard doesn't look overgrown.For the driveway, I would match it to the neighborhood or area.

No option periods.I get the earnest money directly and it is non-refundable.I pick the title agent.If you want an inspection, do it before you bring me a contract.I will fix nothing in the house.I will not pick up the piles of trash in the front yard, or the piles of clothes in the kitchen, or kill the cockroaches infesting the house.

My mom made a few upgrades to the house, added a deck, ripped up the carpet and added hardwood floors, and I'm impressed by the curb appeal my step dad did with the flowers and bushes put into the front and back yards.