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Hillside properties and the structural report problem

A hillside lot introduces failure modes flat-lot houses never have. Retaining walls that are actually holding the property up, slope drainage that fails and undermines a foundation, and settlement that follows decades of water moving through a hill.

When a buyer’s inspector notes any of that, the lender typically orders a structural engineer’s report. The process takes weeks, the buyer gets nervous during the wait, and the deal frequently dies before an answer arrives — regardless of what the engineer would have concluded.

We do not order engineering reports or use a lender. We assess the condition, price it once, and close.

Old brick and the maintenance it demands

Cincinnati has a lot of genuinely old masonry. Brick and stone buildings from the 1800s that are structurally sound but need tuckpointing, lintel repair, roof work with complicated geometry, and moisture management that has often been neglected for decades.

These are excellent buildings and expensive ones. Retail buyers discount them heavily because the maintenance is specialized and the quotes are frightening. We do this work, so we are pricing the actual cost rather than a buyer’s fear of it.

Multi-family, estates and absentee owners

A large share of the older stock here is two-, three- and four-family, much of it owned by small landlords or by heirs who inherited a building they have no interest in operating.

We buy occupied, with leases attached, including tenants who are behind. No eviction, no turnover, and no cleanout. The title company can run a mail-away closing if you are not local.