Failure to provide notice to the owner renders any subsequent sale of the property invalid.

Foundations are engineered for the soils and Dallas has a newer housing stock...not saying don't be careful, just that typical movement probably causes cosmetic damage and will not render a property uninhabitable.  

I usually sell while under rehab based on renderings of what the house will look like.

After going to the FHA 203K team at my mortgage company, at first they threatened him to return the check and that he would be paid for the services rendered or THEY would press charges for fraud and grand larceny and he would have to answer to the attorney general in court.

It's still a rough draft and the garage in the rendering will be attached.The idea is to have the house look distressed with the meter displaying a low valuation and then the repairs start coming in and the meter goes up.http://project8.poyntr.com/

These are licensed and registered people and firms.According to the SEC and FINRA a "broker" is any person engaged in the business of effecting transactions in securities for the account of others.Events or actions such as helping a company sell shares to raise capital, engaging in other activities like participating in presentations and negotiations, making recommendations to investors concerning securities, receiving transaction-based compensation (i.e. commissions or finder’s fees), and continuing or regular involvement in sales of securities are evidence of activities rendering a person a broker.The term ‘‘security’’ means any note, stock, treasury stock, security future, security-based swap, bond, debenture, evidence of indebtedness, certificate of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement, collateral-trust certificate, preorganization certificate or subscription, transferable share, investment contract, voting-trust certificate, certificate of deposit for a security, fractional undivided interest in oil, gas, or other mineral rights, any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege on any security, certificate of deposit, or group or index of securities (including any interest therein or based on the value thereof), or any put, call, straddle, option, or privilege entered into on a national securities exchange relating to foreign currency, or, in general, any interest or instrument commonly known as a ‘‘security’’, or any certificate of interest or participation in, temporary or interim certificate for, receipt for, guarantee of, or warrant or right to subscribe to or purchase, any of the foregoing.Finders can avoid registering as a broker by limiting their activities to:Introducing prospective investors to a company without engaging in negotiations.Not recommending the company’s securities to prospective investors.Basing their compensation on a flat fee that is not contingent on the closing of a securities sale.You can find most of this on line on the SEC website.

My plan is called "The Aruba", rendering and floorplans:I have so much more to tell, but for now I will leave you with this:Lot Cost: $91,500 (it's 5 blocks to ocean, yet out of flood zone, prime lots)Construction Cost: $185,00 (just under $110/ft for build, I may be able to get that to $100/ft)Sale Price: $359,900I plan on closing on the lots in a few weeks, then starting 3 in a row (one every 30 days). 

If you end up doing a mod then treat them right and send them a check in relation to services rendered.

I believe this type of lien stays in effect until the lien holder is paid for services rendered. 

Assuming there isn't any excessive florescence & the base can be rendered reasonably solid I would just skim coat the walls with (a cost effective) Quikrete product & then just paint.