The movement from the Cities like San Francisco , Oakland and other larger metro-areas has a lot to do with the reasons people move to those areas in the first place. 

The foundation is block and was spilt and filled in, but not repaired to prevent further movement. 

The house clearly had some "settling", the price was low for the market, and the house was 50+ years old, so even though there was clearly some foundation movement "in the past", it was a solid purchase. 

There should be a lobby for some type of movement. 

Heck look at the recent movement in the stock market, it was a small trough in late 2018, and like you said the investors came in and bought, stabilizing things and bringing it back quickly.

I'd go further to also lump folks who buy properties to make money on "rapid appreciation" (like a property increasing in value 50% in a year w/ no improvements) in with that group - most have NO understanding of all of the market forces that cause these movements and no clue how to actually analyze the market .Even the experts who have substantial education and work for multi-billion $ firms don't predict major market disruptions (in either direction).

We are in earth quake country, earth movements, foundation and termites, piping stress risers. 

#HireCharlesI approve of this movement. 

Are you going to put in WiFi cameras now with auto alerts for movement?

I wonder if there has been any movement on STR regulation/banning on the east coast @Clint Harris?