Ryan, I don't think my head was in the sand. I

Georgia doesn't have soil so much as it has a lot of clay and rock, so digging and waterproofing is rather an expensive pain in the butt!

Hi Sandy!

It was a 2/1, 1500 sqft, damaged with about 2 feet of water from Hurricane Sandy.

And again, while I don't like most of my neighbors, I don't want to soil my reputation or my contractors reputations, so I only refer those contractors who consistently perform at the highest level;- Along with the last point, last year I put an ad in our subdivision's monthly newsletter for our painting crew (with me as a resident reference that people could call).

J Scott, What is your opinion on flipping higher priced homes in more luxury neighborhoods like Buckhead and Sandy Springs compared to flipping $50k homes.

That may be tough to do in our area where expansive soils can wreak havoc on below grade walls, but the thermal mass would really help.

This will reduce the risk of future movements except in extreme drought where all the soils shrink and pull away so much that the locally moist soils move out as well.If you do let the soils dry and and then call them out to re-shim, soak the crap out of the ground for a few days before they come out.

I also lived in Sandy, Provo and Orem over the last 30 years.

At that time, they'll probably be saying 410A is bad for the soil (or something stupid) and will be phasing it out as well.