I am also a huge believer that with massive affordability issues in cities people will start to migrate to smaller towns that they can afford.

Those stilled cashflowed mostly due to insanely low interest rates.3) Investors started chasing Class C rentals in 2022 when Class B rental prices AND higher mortgage rates didn't allow cashflow at purchase.4) Investors are now chasing Section 8 tenants as the cure-all for Class C tenant performance issues, so their Class C properties ACTUALLY cashflow.

Specific technical issue that triggered this post.

My developer client successfully defended the initial challenges and settled on this having PE rights, so he shifted the site plan to avoid the issue.

Basically common contract or agreement law.

But structural issues can kill you.

You may have to search a bit for the right contractor or engineer - sometimes I see one solution dominating in an area - "that is how we always do it"  Thanks for the input - yes, it sounds like the specific area this house is in is particularly bad for foundation issues.  

The main downside is being dependent on the HOA—issues like poor management, rising fees, or unexpected assessments can hurt your investment.

Both lost their homes because of the shuricanes and went into having credit issues because of this.

After looking at your post, I realized it's probably necessary to have a dedicated real estate attorney handle this issue for me since it's serious and I might make a mistake big enough that probably will cost me too much money to fix.