Again, I'm not an expert either...First, it is most certainly not safe to say that stimulus spending is new.

You can also utilize partnerships and bring in a money partner for an equity position making their interest more safe for their larger capital contribution.

Unless this was your primary residence, you may have already violated the SAFE Act.

Moving in the miltiary has provided me a slow and safe way for me to acquire properties ( in between properties I saved my money and deployments definitely helped).

It was a vacant lot next to a property I owned, so it was a pretty safe risk.

About 20% of your gain should be safe.

A 50% split would give him half, which I am sure is significantly higher than he's getting with his safe $ thru his advisor.

Pension funds looking for an alternative to low-risk bonds, CDs, and US Treasury's want a high quality, asset-backed, "safe" investment.

Without more investigation, nobody is going to be able to tell you if this is a symptom of a serious problem, or if it's routine settling that is presenting a purely cosmetic issue.While you can take the safe approach and run away (like some others are suggesting), keep in mind that by doing so, you're giving other investors (like me :) an opportunity to swoop in and grab a great deal because we're willing to spend a couple hundred bucks on an engineer and then potentially negotiate the price down far below market value, even if the underlying issue isn't severe.If spending a little time and money is something you're willing to do in order to potentially get a great deal, then I'd recommend finding a good structural engineer and having him visit the property and make an assessment.

The exemption under the SAFE Act is for owners who occupy the home, not for non-owner occupied investors/landlords.