That gives us or our investor buyer time to get the inspection and then follow up with any specialists (i.e. structural engineers and foundation repair companies...it's North Texas!)

I personally AB testing my background is in web engineering.

My advise on an issue like this in the future is to find a local structural engineer that specializes in residential and pay them a consulting fee to come look at it and give you a verbal report.

I'm a Mechanical Engineer by education and occupation.  

Engineering, actually. 

then it cost you 9k and you may get water and sewer hookups already and if you could (engineer) use the original footprint your off to the races.. you pay 9k for (in Denver $45k in improvements ++ a foundation or pad...kinda seems like a decent deal from 1000 miles away :)

My state says I can not advertise engineering unless I have a Professional Engineering license.  

Also I just read that Boulder has more software engineers per capita than anywhere else in the country.

I typically recommend to get an engineer's report completed to see the extent of the problem.  

It's like a real estate encyclopedia social media search engine all in one, isn't it?