These books will give you a good foundation and help you avoid a lot of common mistakes.

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I know that education is my foundation to my success, so I love learning .

My desire is to help him set up a good foundation that he can build his business on.   

Besides, if you tie your house to the foundation you are unlikely to need insurance anyway unless the "big one" hits and by then, the concern will be physical survival (water, food, heat, AC) and fending off the hoards of people who didn't have insurance that want what you have.

Would there be any recommendations in Raytown area for Structural specialists that can determine remediation and costs:Inspection came back and need to get a further look by structural on a purchase with crawlspace no full basement and inspection reporting slight bowing and horizontal cracking in foundation walls.

Go for it. you just need someone to to jack up the house and level it on the foundation 

I have a number of investor clients who steer clear of any slab foundation issues due to the unexpected(sewage issues, costs, etc).

Aside from that, the obvious such as similar square footage, basement/slab foundation, condition, garage capacity, etc needs to be considered. 

And a Structural Engineer would likely want to beef up the foundation for the added load.