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.

Another thing is your probably experiencing energy loss also a house that age due to expansion and contraction or just simply the build.  

Since I'm in my very early stages of building my real estate portfolio, constantly I'm thinking about the way of optimal expansion.

Hi All,I bought my first house 4 years ago and slowly updated it and rehabbed it myself, and ended up selling and walking away with 80k to use towards a real estate venture. My goal is to leverage the 80k as best as I...

Buy land in front of population expansion. 

I wanted 12 -18% cap rates (interest rates were MUCH higher), and real estate I could buy for 25% + below REAL value.Immediately after the crash of 2008 I sought properties in the most devastated areas (Phoenix, Miami, Las Vegas) that were (1) class A (2) one third previous sale price (3) 8-10 cap rate on residential.Now I look at properties with a steady cash flow (depending on risk and property type), have rents that are short term adjustable in case of high inflation and have a potential equity "kicker", such as neighborhood being developed, restrictive zoning, university expansion, etc.I now divide my portfolio in three areas, not always mutually exclusive.  1- short term mortgage notes or long term mortgage notes purchased at large discounts (secured by commercial properties) for cash flow.  

The Met Coucil is not going to allow expansion of the metro due to high infrastructure costs (water treatment, sewers, roads).  

@Patrick Henshaw,While I can't speak to the legalities, I can speak to the design / engineering issues.Yes - if the expansion device is capillary tube, overcharging is detrimental to performance.

We are an experienced Atlanta-based operator considering an expansion into the Vegas residential market. 

currently no vacancy for the last 13 years per owner)Notice delivery, $200Total operating expenses $1,272CAPEX, Septic system $600 ($3,000 per unit x 6 units with a 30 year life time )Gravel driveway $360 ($600 per unit x 6 units with 10 year life time )Total capital expanse $960 NOI = $11,328Cap Rate = 10.3%There is 4 extra lots that we can install homes on.