Foundation cracks & repairs

[John Yanko]

Looking at a potential foreclosure property, backyard of house is on a slight decline, as is all the other 5 houses in a row. There are several cracks throughout the exterior of the house, some have even been tuck pointed?.... And cracks still appeared. Any insight on this matter would be great! Structural engineer? soil samples? Should I run the other way? 

House has been on the market for 5 months.   

[Mike Jones]

I've bought em like this, fixed the foundation myself and made lots of money, don't run just yet... I'm no structural engineer but I can get a good crew to dig under, setup heavy bottle jacks, raise it and fix it... big thing to look for is if its red tagged by the city, then I would run...