Time your purchase.  1,600 square foot ranch,  Entire rooftop balcony, mahogany furniture and doors, marble top kitchen and bathroom, tile floors, double pane glass, porch, plastered inside outside.  5 foot diameter trees around .  

Large, transverse cracks are the larger worry, as they are more likely caused by differential settlement in your foundation (the soil underneath a portion of your foundation wall dropping, while the rest stays more or less where you want it - look for a "stair-step" pattern in your mortar joints), water trapping against (or worse, inside) the wall and expanding during the winter freeze cycles, or insufficient steel reinforcement - which is not uncommon with concrete masonry, particularly if the house is pre-1950s (ish). 

Have you noticed any pattern, any reason why blinds break?

They are now in a holding pattern for 5+ years.@ Robert Murphy - Oh and a flood insurance policy in an X zone is about $500 annually.

It was tiny marble squares that were so well done they would last forever with a cleaning and sealer

Then we have crypto-currencies with bubblesque chart patterns.

Applicant's background must exhibit a pattern of responsibility.

However, it might be wise to look for a pattern of behavior. 

Other people have very different sorts of travel patterns for different or the same reasons.You have to spend an awful lot of money to get a free vacation by sticking to one card.

This wouldn't by my first choice, but what about cutting the tile back and putting in a marble threshold like you would see at a bathroom.