Sorry Sandy, your source of funds has no bearing on your status of being "in the business of", and the business activities carried out by any entity are applicable to licensing requirements and other restrictions.

I still leave salt out,  most of my tenants are environmentally aware so they aren't worried about concrete they are worried about it getting in the soil so I don't find huge dumps.  

Here in florida, we have very sandy soil.  

This one, even though it already had all the papers and was deemed live-able in, you still wouldn't be able to re-build or do so much as take dirt away from the property without jumping through a minimum of $30,000 worth of government hoops (in testing the soil for contamination) to get a building permit.

Hello BP community,   As many of you know, FEMA has changed guidelines since Hurricane Sandy, and many properties now fall into a Flood Zone where you will need to purchase additional insurance.

Because the soil is so hard and compact from the lack of rain, it can't absorb the rain when it comes down that fast so it just runs off.In looking at the neighborhood topo, I was concerned that the SE corner would get a great deal of that run-off.

Hey guys, So I am very interested in this property http://www.zillow.com/homes/union-nj_rb/#/homedetails/18-Sandy-Point-Dr-Lake-Hopatcong-NJ-07849/2107493388_zpid/This is a lake community home and as far as I know there are no membership fees and though the taxes have increased they are no more ridiculous than normal for New Jersey as from my research. 

I wouldn't go overboard, because the soils seem very saturated right now and the gutters may resolve it, but it will never be this easy to get access, so if you are on the fence, do the work now.

What about potential pitfalls - common local issues (foundation problems due to soil, weatherization and plumbing, special tax and utility areas, etc?

Your added costs will be determined by the structural engineer who will need to see he architectural design as well and a soils report.