Each wall pretty much has either, vertical, horizontal or diagonal cracking.

I am excited to say that after a several years of studying, saving, and sitting on the sidelines (talking about real estate) I've actually done something and put my first deal under contract.I'm hesitant to post too much detail because the deal involves several different parties whose privacy I respect - friends, business partners, and even the seller in this case.Some high level information is that the deal involves more than one multi-family buildings in a market that is not quite at parity (re: pre-recession price levels ) as many of the other larger markets.

Also, from a long term perspective I actually believe that Vancouver will reach parity with Portland prices and possibly command more due to having much better schools and no taxes. 

The front of the house had a huge diagonal crack from window-sill height down to the ground. 

Diagonal cracks like that are shear cracks. 

That was after I had a tenant who parked a dead car with no plates diagonally across the front lawn, along with a broken dryer.

We did just get one of these approved for a project in Pilsen during last months ZBA Hearing; however, that was a unique lot because the rear of the lot was clipped by a diagonal alley...3) The final option would be to obtain a full-on "Zoning Change" (Zoning Map Amendment) where you would change the Zoning designation of your individual lot from RT-3.5 to something higher like RT-4.

Original idea was to remove 2 layers of siding, but engineer said he didn't know what was behind the original siding and how it was nailed down so we had to remove it down to the diagonal ship lap that was common on those older houses.  

Now make 2 diagonal cuts corner to corner the whole length of the board (so you just cut a big X).

Some jobs are coming back, but well below parity with the pay of comparable positions pre-crash.