The ceiling in one bedroom has totally collapsed and there were acorns and dirt everywhere.

I was assuming it was something like this....Jon Holdman - those are good candidates for trenchless relining BEFORE they collapse; the relining folks send their camera in first to be sure it is suitable.

I paid about 10k in repair costs this year for a new HVAC and the basement had to be excavated due to the plumbing collapsing under the house.

Think "soft landing" instead of "Lehman style collapse".

what we found with the older properties was the need to install check valves to avoid backups. any older properties we have that have had drain issues were usually cause by trees or the collapsing of aging clay tile piping, so augers are not a solution.

(This home had 3 master baths on the ground floor & 2 upstairs).The cast iron drain pipe literally collapsed as my friend worked on the fittings & it fell through the pipe race into the basement.So all the plumbing was then replaced with Pex & PVC sewer pipe for about $2500+sweat equity.So be prepared for surprises.

Don't forget how the banks helped our economy collapse, due to their greed. 

This area experienced a large collapse during the house bust.

Our board has over 300k in operating reserves, yes operating, which was built up out of fear of a collapse during the recession.

Part of it may be some of the email clients will collapse old content on a thread so you may not see it.Starting a new email on every detail is going to be a real pain.