There’s also entitlement risk – the chance that government agencies with jurisdiction over a project won’t issue the required approvals to allow the project to proceed; environmental risks that range from soil contamination to pollution; budget overruns and more, such as political and workforce risks.Location is another idiosyncratic risk factor.

People tend to fall in love with nice hardwoods as well if you can find a place where there's hardwoods underneath the carpet waiting to be refinished that's a nice bonus.

Parcel is 0% stones, level, north-facing and totally shaded, soil class is Rains and Grifton but we'd most likely engineer a raised bed if that is appropriate for the plants and parcel. 

I'm a newbie, but I'm interested in investing in long term buy and hold to create some passive income.I'm excited to learn from this community and can't wait to get a few buy and hold underneath my belt.   

Payment was made promptly to repair the damages but new carpet & padding was just placed on top to cover the extent of damages underneath without actually repairing.There was water leaking at the front of the home.

It had bullet holes, no outside HVAC unit and the copper plumbing underneath had been liberated.  

You see this setup when the soil is hard clay and effluent cannot percolate sufficiently for a septic system. 

There were a lot of developers and investors in Tampa who had a high soiled underwear percentage during the last recession.

Some common reasons: Basements: ground is sloping toward the building, no gutters, poor soil, high water table, leaking pipes below the foundation or near the foundation.

Soils here are generally pretty friendly.