If on dirt lay and level 4 inches of limestone at the front and back to keep off ground.  

In short I had a lot of limited beliefs and a very tall very thick wall around me.I investigated Gino through emails, post like yours and even taking a ride up to his restaurant about an hour north of the city.

We just left Winter Park with 2 inches of new snow!!!

Two years later a dormant spring (pay attention to street names) popped up and moved one of the three houses a full 3 inch tilt! 

@Jeff Hartley in portland, the minimum ceiling height is actually 6 ft 8 inches.

Those tall skinny guys can run fast and generate the kilowatts....... : ) In all seriousness I do Love the site.

Here in Atlanta buyers of listsource.com absentee and Clothiers find motivated sellers now (true vacant houses) service have mailed some sellers an inch thick stack of mail.  

Sweet, I could've been a basketball player if I was 4 inches taller. 

In my mind, if it's a house that's going to survive more than a couple of winters, it has to by definition have a deep foundation (which is a psychological bias discussed by Nassim Taleb in his book The Black Swan).When I bought my house, my realtor used the half-inch rule.

As I did this in the early to mid 90s its amazing to see stands we logged and are just popping back thick growing well 30 foot to 40 foot tall doug fir about 20 years from the next harvest.And we did run into the land owner also that  unbeknownst had a financial need and we saved the day..