Most engine lubricants contain lead and if handled improperly can contaminate the soil and thus allow lead to be tracked into the home.   

Unrelated to HOA but if homes won't pass the safety engineered designation, who demo's house and haul off and when does HOA or city make owner to remove?

I moved to Mobile about a year and a half ago from New Orleans to follow work (I work at Austal as an engineer) and just recently got bit by the real estate investment bug.

An additional benefit of a detailed engineering-based Cost Segregation Study is that it can increase potential insurance premium savings as well as provide support for the property tax appeals process.

But suburbs are very robust for us new home builders. it is coming back slowly but it will come back if the city just gets their act together with law and order. which is starting to happen the ultra liberal politicians are losing local elections.

I'll give you the short answer.If you invest $175,000 to purchase a $750,000 house and you'll earn appreciation on the full $750,000 and not just the $175,000 you put in.Do a search for "real estate vs stock market calculator" on your favorite search engine and you'll find examples like this: https://businesscaseguy.com/should-i-invest-in-real-estate-o...

I'm a 33-year-old software engineer residing in the New York long island area.

While you will need an engineering company to complete the Studies, you will need a tax preparer to file Form 3115 to do the catch up, as suggested above.

Diversify Your Accounts: Consider spreading your funds across multiple accounts, including those held by established banks with robust regulatory oversight and deposit insurance.

I reverse engineered some of the Broadband Broker algorithms and could back-test against their whole sample set since I had all the HUD held-for-sale data on my PC.