Just understand that cracking and pitting of streets and sidewalks can only occur with unstable ground. Unless the material or the construction is DEFECTIVE, isn’t that so? The real problem is that you have City Inspectors and Real Estate Appraisers only using their eyes on the surface to make OPINIONS. No tools are used for non destructive scanning of material, which has been available since the beginning of 2010s . Their OPINIONS are based on JUNK SCIENCE.

The facts are the ground is unstable. The Millennium Tower is a PERFECT example. The fact that there is NO scientific devices used like Ground Penetrating Radar to detect the defects in the soil, is done INTENTIONALLY. Because the results would be REQUIRED to be posted to the public, and that would crash the land values of the state of CA.

Given that all Real Estate Agencies ARE NOT LICENSED INVESTMENT PROFESSIONALS, make all of the so-called Z-estimates, and other values totally without merit. There is no Scientific method used to quantify the value based on REAL RESEARCH of the quality of the land, nor the quality of construction, nor even having a record of all repairs done on a building. In fact by using unscientific analysis for all real estate, it is the biggest BLACK BOX investment anyone could make. There is no validity of any appraisal in the state of CA. I for one would NEVER invest in this market, it is actually worse than a “HOUSE OF CARDS”.

The facts are at least with CARFAX you can get an unfiltered record of the vehicle history based on the VIN.

The purchase of a home or building is the most risky purchase you can imagine. And it is ABOUT TIME to force a CARFAX database on all real estate, which WILL permanently correct for the insanity of how REAL ESTATE AGENTS get away with violating the PROFESSION CODE of CA.

Time for the people here to understand the disaster we are ALL in.

What I find really CRAZY is that LAND is considered so valuable in CA when it is one of the highest risk factors in living in the state.

And since the soil instability is EVERYWHERE, I can only imagine how unstable many homes become after time. This building I live in is 60 years old.

Any regular SFH is likely even more dangerous than this building. How the people here get scammed OVERSPENDING FOR IT, regarding living in unstable housing for EVERYWHERE in the state is beyond me.

There has been a surge in seismic activity in the area for the last 2 months, I know because of my Quakefeed application. In the last 2 weeks we have had 5 tremors above 2 in the bay area. That may sound weak , but to get them so often will accumulate soil instability over time.

So you all may think you are safe, but if you haven’t had a recent seismic safety assessment, say the last 4 years, you are likely to be very surprised.

NOPE, That is your only answer? What happened to accountability? This ABUSE of tenants is not acceptable.

I will FORCE my property to either get repaired or condemned. You can’t expect me to leave if the owner doesn’t fix the problem. Too bad there are hundreds of apartments like this in the state, and they all are going to be forced to repair or close.

Somebody here doesn’t like seeing what is really happening here. I will love it if this building needs as little as $500,000 worth of work.

The ground will have to be dug up, reinforced beams will need to be installed, new foundation installed, face it the entire lot needs to be replaced.

And this guy bought it for $5M in 2016, WITHOUT a proper seismic analysis

Where there is cracking and pitting all over the place around my building at 184 Centre Street and cracks in the foundation, you can see the video here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ck7fQeOeklLAPJwPC6impYw5oz-pVUfY/view?usp=share_link)

There is a SERIOUS problem with anyone trying to say any structure like this is seismically sound.

Face the facts, the area is still way behind on seismic refits, and it is just a matter of time when all of these structure come down, and people will sue for improper safety protection for property owners and the local governments.

Get this FIXED FAST