If there are some differential settlement (the house is sinking in a non uniform way), you should be able to see diagonal cracks on the bricks, specially from the corners of the openings (windows/doors).  

We are now back at parity, and are moving on for our next single family deal.- Looking forward, I would like to close on 3 single family homes this year, or (preferably) one single and a multi.

Vancouver will reach parity with Portland and the tax incentives and high quality schools are impossible to ignore. 

Tandem parking on the tenant with 2 cars, then two right hand side is for the other 1 and new tenant. so tandem looks vertical the new tenant plus the single car in diagonal or horizontal from the street.

The owner of the house diagonally located owns the property on the other side of the house so our road access is really his driveway, essentially. 

Any argument for the U.S. importing xyz is an argument to EXPORT U.S. wealth unto that country, unless there stands some parity with that nation in import/export with the U.S., which we are leagues away from.

These can be as small as hairline diagonal cracks within 1 to .5 feet of a corner and usually have a corresponding crack on the other side, or as big as a whole chunk of your slab falling off.

If there's parity or not much difference, we can build new.

Do an ounce of leg-work, look up what fed is doing, look up NAHB economist data for housing supply numbers and parity.