Different soil conditions trigger different foundation designs, and sometimes it's too late to know what soil condition you have during an escrow because the timelines don't match up, unless you work it into escrow terms.6.

If you want the look of grass, get artificial turf (one that allows water to drain into the soil below).

We were in the process of closing our first deal when our loan officer shocked us with the fact that the final closing had to be done on US soil. 

Wind farm, fiber optic internet systems, contaminated soil removal. 

)  -  In a rural area, it's all about the soil. 

I would like to see a new house built in 4 months including finding the land, making sure you can build what you want on the land before you lock up the sale of the land, get blueprints drawn up get the blueprints approved by the building department, break ground and have tenants move in be the end of the 4th month.In Palmdale California in Los Angeles County, in 1985, it took me 18 months to get permit and engineering to extend a super simple kitchen only 6 feet and the cost for the permits and engineering and soil report cost me $18,000.First of all, I don't believe in doing flips and prefer to buy and hold, if you have enough money.

There must be people out there that deal with this on LI because after Sandy, houses have been lifted all over the place.

You've got potential delays for builders to do a site assessment for the buyer, potential delays in having a soil engineer available for a soil study, etc etc.

The property is not farmable as it’s mostly lava rock according to soils reports.

A French drain is like adding a coffee filter buried a foot below the top of the soil.