After lifting one corner of the carpet, I realized that there were beautiful hardwoods underneath, which is obviously a selling point.

This could be a phenomenal option for you on the new purchase, since you can do a lower down payment AND get a reduced mortgage insurance rate, as long as your income is underneath the area median income limits, depending on where the property is located (some areas have NO income limits at all).  

Your bearing end of the post needs to be below the frost depth to resist frost heaving and on the soil layer that can resist the load.

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Properties with power lines overhead are great since no one can build underneath them.  

If that is a shake roof, replacing it will also need all new sheeting underneath the new composite shingles, since there was none with the old shake roofs. 

I'm kind of picky though.Just beware of the clay soils and basements - probably lots of leaky ones and possibly moved foundations.  

Additionally, we have sandy soils that are very good for septic systems.

They have been incredibly helpful and communicative, have even helped me with bids for topo and soil studies. the owner and his wife came out personally to my lot as part of the feasibility study and this was only $500 which is credited if I go with them.

There was a little wall/dropoff where the leveling compund ended and the original floor remained so i had to use floor mortar to feather it down....still when walking on the new LVP, i can tell where the dropoff is/was.SO, next time i will 1. make the SLC more runny, 2. on a small job (500sf) ill plan to cover the entire space with the SLC so there are no transitions, and 3. the LVP with the underlayment attached seemed to work great on the portion of the floor that was on slab, but feels cheap to walk on in other areas - so next time i will most likely go with a product that allows a thick underlayment to go own underneath it.The last thing i learned was that the 1/4" gap around the borders that is recommedned is too generous as it is almost impossible to hit on the nose.