St Pete and many other parts of Fl have new building elevation requirements to keep the living area above the newly mandated flood elevation.The insurance on homes that are not elevated can be astronomical, these older homes are not worth elevating but some are in very nice parts of town and only worth what the vacant lot would bring.

I've thought about using a simple 1-2 paragraph introduction with my email (most the positions I'm seeing are on cg) explaining my motivation and then doing a quick elevator pitch with my top four skills (project management, social media, data analysis/excel number crunching, and cold calling experience).

Sure i would need to work on my elevator pitch, besides that, a lot of running around i know is ahead

If it's a very similar elevation, that would indicate that it is a slab.

Between the appraisal, elevation certificate (it was in a flood zone), and inspections we are out over $1,600 and three months of our time.According to the bank, FHA would not back the loan because there were not enough comparable sales of "duplexes" in that area within the last 12 months to justify the appraisal.

Learn from home- need more space- families with kids need spaceSafety and elevators- don't want to be in that spaceMass city transit and density- don't want to be in that spaceCrime- more safety outside of the cityOutdoor space for gardening-  lots of urban gardeners now almost overnight. 

When you elevate your operation from the level of a hobby to a business time is money.  

Those areas were hit pretty hard during Sandy, and homes have to be elevated pretty high. 

We usually do like to have 1-2 high end pieces in every room, as we find that it elevates the feel of the entire space.

We look into the elevations and other data and compare it to the flood zone.