If you are NOT in an X zone, you are likly in an AE zone and then the rates are a function of the BFE Base Flood Elevation and the lowest elevation of the dwelling. 

Mobile Home Park investor based in Cleveland Ohio. 

I priced it out based on what you said and it would be about a quarter to 3/8 lower than what you were quoted?

For those of you who might be slightly interested in knowing the outcome of this, I joined a recently-established Listing Leaders group ("Team Cowboy") based out of Hammond, IN. 

Decisions based on emotion and not business logic will cause you to make mistakes every time.

Most of the time the banks here don't even order a walk-through appraisal, they just send someone to drive by to make sure the house actually exists, and then us a formula based on comparable sales to decide if it's a go or not.

Since you're following David Greene's strategy, looks like you've found the podcast ;) I can't recommend it highly enough as you grow your knowledge base in REI.

View report*This link comes directly from our calculators, based on information input by the member who posted.Thank you in advance for your thoughts on this potential purchase.  6 of 8 units have been upgraded and new roofs on each 4 plex in 2017.

It took me 6 months to find a good one in East Austin.Make offers based on the numbers, make offers and be patient.

Once I got comfortable with analyzing deals and had a solid knowledge base from the forums, webinars, @Brandon Turner's "The Ultimate Beginner’s Guide to Real Estate Investing" and @David Greene's "Long-Distance Real Estate Investing" books, I hooked up with an agent in St.