I tend to gravitate towards the perimeter of Allentown Center City so west of 12th street, east of 2nd street, North of Tilghman St., and South of Hamilton St. 

I think Ill remove the bricks around the perimeter of the fireplace, so it would be just straight from ceiling down to the floor, but thats it. 

I live on the north-end of Atlanta but do most of my investing inside the city-perimeter.

I live on the north-end of Atlanta but do most of my investing inside the city-perimeter.

Then we unhooked the gutters from the perimeter drains and ran the water out 6' from the house.

They will dig a hole along the perimeter of your house where needed and jack the slab up to install a pier that will essentially level out your foundation.Like others have mentioned, foundation issues are very common in texas (at least 7 out of 10 houses I sold in Houston had foundation issues) but it can almost always be corrected.For rental properties, many investors don't even bother with minor foundation issues.$125-175/pier is the cost for repair.

Along with perimeter width and length dimensions it had in the middle, TF= 56.75, VO= 53.42VO I think means View Out, TF ?

Is there any risk that over time the entire floor with shift in one direction (towards one wall) if a 5/8 gap (to walls base plate) is left for most of the perimeter? 

You can't have have cbs on piers, only if you had a solid block wall foundation along the perimeter, that the cbs sat on top of.  

Pre-Rental Clean all guttersRoute gutters minimum 8' from homeSurface grade around perimeter of foundationMake sure the ground slops away from the house so that it falls a minimum of 6 inches within the first 10 feet from the foundation.