If they were installed after all these problems came up then the movement should be greatly reduced but if the house is bearing on expansive clay you could still have more settlement/shifting down the road.

Currently, my wife and I are working on reducing our credit debt before we venture into purchasing a property. 

You can always consider reducing your debt service side by A) putting more cash down on the purchase or B) getting an equity partner(s) and splitting the pie.I Have a mentor that liked to partner on investments. 

if another big tax reform actually did come out of Congress, there would be a push to simplify the code, eliminate deductions, and reduce rates similar to the 86 reform.  

The funny thing is, as the Fed has reduced their purchases, mortgage prices have actually gone up relative to other rate instruments. 

Spreading the kitchens and bath expenses over greater sq/ft helps reduce per sf cost.  

@Jody Young At this point, the officer doesn't believe you are involved in the theft (unless there have been follow up questioning) ... in contrast to what everyone else is saying, I think you did everything correctly by allowing the officer to look around (assuming you didn't have any other evidence of criminal activity that he may stumble upon) it reduced suspicion ... and he never truly intended to hook you up to a polygraph....

Buying another home will reduce my options in RE investing.Thats where the thinking of investing 350K to generate 5-6000K per month came.  

Localities participating in the flood insurance program undertake mitigation efforts in order to reduce flood risk, and there is a good bit of conflict between local governments and FEMA over just how effective that mitigation has been.

Gross Income you can either reduce your tax bill by the "loss" or if you make too much $ (i think the limit is AGI of $150K/yr) you write down the rent income to $0 and have a loss carry forward.