I just got quotes for Earthquake Insurance to cover my apartment building in Aberdeen and duplexes in Tumwater.

Recently we made an offer on a great looking 2007-build foreclosure in our area, with a trashed (though amazingly, still supportive [enough]) foundation, owing to the earthquake down here in VA a couple years ago.

If was the case you probably wouldn't be having issues with the foundation unless their was an earthquake or some kind of void in the rock.

People is very friendly here; I have never experienced an eviction.5) No need for Earthquake or Tornado insurance; El Paso has been free of those natural events so far.6) I agree with investing in the East side; that is the fastest grow section of the city and since a lot of sales happened around 2005 and 2007; there are a good number of distress properties.I hope this helps.Good luck investing,Jaime

The low damage made me feel better about earthquakes on property, but that was a 6.

Of course, I'll be saying that until there's an earthquake!

Kind of like earthquakes, at some point, things go sideways.

I have a nonprofit in Haiti that I hope to fund significantly through my real estate investing income.  

Earthquakes, droughts, snowstorms, hurricanes, tornadoes, mudslides -- there's no perfect location to live.That said, from what I've read, migration will continue to be driven more by economic factors than weather.

During the past year though there have been a number of earthquakes in that area, which has never really happened in that area before.