In 2008, Bob Coyle, the now-infamous slumlord, walked away from millions of dollars in mortgages he'd taken out on a small empire of crumbling houses in Kensington and Port Richmond, leaving the local banks that'd loaned him the money sitting high and dry — and on top of more than 100 of Coyle's properties.

Among those properties was 3310 Argyle, a vacant shell that had sat neglected for years when Jamie Moffett moved in next door and watched as drug users went in and out of the abandoned house daily. Moffett — an acquaintance who first brought Coyle to this author's attention — had called Coyle repeatedly, demanding that he do something about the situation. When that didn't work, Moffett offered to buy the house, but was brushed off.

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