Quote from @Mike Hansen: When out of state investing, how does one go about appealing their tax assessment?

Even if the rental has a decent cash flow with additional flood insurance, we're still not sure we want to take on that risk as we are out-of-state investors (planning to move back to KY in the future, but not now) and we don't like that it will potentially bring down the perceived value when we try to sell it in the future.The seller has never lived there and has not provided any information on if it has flooded before or not. 

Thanks for the mention Drew.. this post should get most of the Lender / brokers chiming in there are a ton of them on BP most brokering or whitelabeling the big lenders products like Kiavi or lima one etc etc. this would be a prime candidate for a capital partner . 

Hi @Herb Mitchell Welcome to Bigger Pockets and best of luck to you! 

Specifically, I would encourage you to continue to seek local opportunities for equity growth as well as seeking out-of-state or upstate opportunities for cash-flow (i.e.

Depends on the focus of the reia.

@Raiyan KhanYou can search these forums for vendor recommendations but you can also join a real estate investment club in the area you want to invest and get the same info.

I know many people who own real estate that are not citizens of the US.

Found this property on the MLS.

One challenge to manage is being able to clarify for lenders on those rentals (if you have them) which amount of the premium should be paid for each rental so that they do not include the entire premium into their escrow analysis, inflating your monthly payment on that rental.