Smoky Mtn Cabin Evaluation - Structural Engineering??

[Keith Kyker]

Hi all, I am currently working with a realtor to purchase a SFR STR in Gatlinburg/PF area. Since many of these SFRs are built on the side of a mountain, do any of you get pre-purchase inspections by a structural engineer (in addition to a house inspector)? Do you wait to see what the routine house inspector finds? I am concerned about some of these 50' cinder block walls that the cabins are built on. Do the foundations in this area ever shift/move?

Thanks for the wisdom,
Keith