Socal has big time brush.. the only way to manage that would be to constantly cut it back but then you erode the soils.. 

The challenge is I don't where you are but how is the soil?

Quote from @Don Miller: The following is not to express any level of happiness or unhappiness with the build:Received change orders totaling $14,970 for 18 additional loads of fill dirt over allotted amount in contract (fill dirt arrived in December 2022), 7 loads of septic sand over allotted amount, and rock excavation at the septic site. make sure to ask for the tickets. if they are putting 6 yards of soil in a single axle truck you are getting ripped off.

The other thing to consider is the age and if you add a second floor will the entire structure need to be brought up to code for hurricane and wind.I live in a neighborhood where the homes are older (not in florida) and the foundations are hollow core CMU and adding a second floor would not be feasible due to soil bearing.

Hopefully some of you will find these insights useful in making determinations on where and how to invest after these devastating storms.Some background: I got my start in Real Estate in NY in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.

@Sandy Uhlmann  Sandy how can they GURANTEE your principal or return.. that would be selling a fully blown security... are you sure about that... ? 

My thought is FLA is sandy soil and you simply dont have as much problem as other areas.. its very cheap insurance for a buyer.. and now a days 10 to 20k to replace the line is kind of the going rate..

.✅ Radon is a radioactive gas that is released from granite into the soil that is known to cause cancer, and can leach right into your home.✅ Any home built before 1980, likely has cast iron or clay sewer lines which will deteriorate over time.These issues can be avoided.

.:  If only it was that easy amigo.Bitcoin Jesus renounced us citizenship in 2014.Didn't pay $200m in taxes I believe for 2012 (While still a citizen).Interpol just picked him up in Spain not too long ago.So you gotta do the fraud after you renounce your residency in order to run and have better chance of not getting dragged back to US soil hehe well Clayton Morris just took off with the 4 to 5 mil he made selling fake houses in indy and other places.. well houses existed they just forgot to rehab them. 

And then again sometimes its simply out of their control.. made a bad buy had some issues you were not aware of like the Guy talking about soil in Texas I learned that one the hard way not sure that's an issue with that property but its stuff like that..