I mean the friggen sidewalk is made out of bricks in front of the house.

It is brick exterior, but it also is up against my neighbor's house with a ~15-20 ft wide sidewalk in between so nobody would really be seeing it.

Can you have someone complete a maintence of the building check list monthly( caulking, landscape, windows, magic pacs, sidewalks , salt in the softner ... all the fun stuff. what i have found is the owner that has a system in place and makes it a priority has the best buildings. 

Would you walk down the sidewalk at night in south central LA with a purse full of money? 

He always left his scooter in the front sidewalk.

I feel I can learn a few things by standing on the sidewalk and looking at the home.Roof- I can generally get a feel for the quality of the roof. 

I had a dog that ran toward a 7-foot high gate as a woman was walking down the sidewalk.

They look for things like worn or damaged roofs, over hanging branches, lack of hand rails, cracked side walks or driveways, debris or trash on the property, knob & tube or alumnimum wiring, in operable smoke alarms, etc.7. find out the dates that the systems have last been updated (ie.

Also do your due diligence on what is and isn't allowed on your property and any SDC's (System Development Charges) you may be in for (these are for infrastructure that you may be on the hook for when you build - sidewalks, streets, sewers, etc.). 

Other majors include adding foundation on 2 sides of one bedroom, cleaning up existing foundation, porch and sidewalk repair/replace, new bath on main, new kitchen and new siding.