Not to pour water on your surveying parade, but I know a lot of civil engineers who are underemployed since subdivision development work ground to a halt several years ago.

Memphis has been tough for us so beware, if you do not already have a team with boots on the ground, what seems like a good deal may turn out very challenging.  

Looking to make moves on property (4-5 bed + commercial unit ground floor) in Brewerytown in the ballpark of 60-70k.

I would say if you own the mobile home and only leasing the lot that management would be more lenient on back ground checks.

You need to maintain the higher moral ground so that you can show good faith when it does go to court, so always make repairs in a timely manner.

You just need to get a good team on the ground in your investing area to be your eyes and ears.  

You can take the classes online while where you are so that when you get here you are ready to test and hit the ground running.

Is that grounds to fire?

I viewed a house today with some serious sub-flooring issues.The house is built up off the ground and the plinths underneath are clearly collapsing.The tile floor inside is still in good condition but the floors slope up and down.Can anyone give an idea about methods and cost for fixing this?

Let's geek out a little and look at new development from the point of view of an economist.First of all, real estate is cyclical and typically, there is a period of expansion in inventory (period of new construction) after the recovery of a crash before you enter the "oversupply" phase and back into another recession.