As well, stop in to the local lumber yard and speak to the sales manager... they're usually more than happy to share the names of their customers!

If you have one around watch out for Lumber Liquidators specials.

Hopefully the foundation issues don't eat away at the budget... assuming it's an older house...it sounds like the bottom plate on top of the foundation was not pressure treated lumber?

"revitalization" does nothing to address said problems. as far as unloading properties, the government has attempted to get out of its own way to unload houses with the "vacants to value" program.

Some landlords are trying to unload their problems onto others.

@Jeff Sheraton it appears that the owner is out of state and is wanting to unload it. 

I've been given a golden opportunity in the fact that my dad has been in the lumber business for 30+ years and my uncle is an architect for 30+ years, so they've been supportive of my real estate ambitions.

Thanks @Curt Davis , I'm hoping to unload all 4 to one buyer, but I'm thinking I should go 4 separate contracts in the event there is actually 4 separate buyers.

An example of this, is a simple lumber, a 4x4 is much more stronger than 3x3, in your case, an enlarged foundation is needed to accommodate the "earthquake load".

We will be using both LVLs and doug fir dimensional lumber.