One of the most amazing true stories I have ever heard in my life, is of a builder who developed a subdivision of ritzy exclusive homes somewhere up in Canada. These homes sold, years ago, for over $200,000 a piece.

On the outside it was a beautiful looking subdivision. But then winter came, snow fell, the winds began to blow, the rain began to come. All of a sudden, first one house, and then another, began literally to collapse and simply sink into holes. For a while they could not figure it out.

But then after questioning the developer, they found out that he had taken the cheap route, and instead of preparing the site and laying the foundation, he had built this entire subdivision on a garbage dump.

The most important part of building a home is not what you build, nor how you build, …