Army Corps of Engineers projects that could mitigate the potential for future storm damage.The list is not all-inclusive, and other projects could be added down the line. 

I could tease this out more, but the main reasons are 1) a down economy, 2) an emerging economy, 3) AAA property locations, 4) lack of credit available, and 5) historical buildings (very sturdy construction, 3-4.5m ceilings, etc) that are very undervalued at the moment for mostly aesthetic reasons that can be fixed quite easily.

The existing tenants have mentioned separately (this is an up/down duplex) of smell of mold.This is not difficult to believe if in fact there are these obvious cracks on the home exterior.There is no doubt water/moisture is getting into the home and creating a condition for mold to grow.We had a structural engineer out to do our buyer’s inspection yesterday, report is due out later this evening (11/04/17).Verbal communication while on site, indicated a mutually shared concern over these cracks.The roof appears fine.A wall in the backyard will need replacing as the soil weight has almost pushed this wall over and it is only a matter of time before this thing comes falling over.Boiler may need replaced, windows as there is some clear cold.These are just concerns at this time but inspection report will lay all this out once received later today.I should have been a little smarter in not agreeing to a change in inspection objection deadline when it was presented by seller.My buyer’s agent and I should really have talked this one over, as I realize now that, it left us with only hours after inspection to come up with our inspection objection response and to be honest I will not have time to get bids for any of the extensive repair items which I do not doubt will be confirmed in the report received later today.Seeking any advice that you can give on the following: Would you proceed with purchase of the above detailed home?

Plan to release civil engineering firm to start site planning process in early January.

And reverse engineer your goals 

My day job is an engineer at a major automotive OEM.I've always wanted to get in to RE investing but put it off due to one life event after another.

There are some ways to hide stuff from search engines, but its real techy. might just delete the account

On my request, USREEB sent a Structural engineer and this is from his report based on visual review: "The foundation walls of the house have experienced some common movements for a slab and the house shows signs of some stress cracks which have been patched in the past.

I'm looking for a structural engineer that anyone has working relationship with. 

Ok, you might also want a structural engineer to take a look if the space has been uninhabited for 30 or so years especially if there was fire damage.