Did you finance this deal with a local bank or credit union?

I'm a local broker and investor and manage 100+ investment properties.

This property is in shenandoah valley, so my plan is to findout from the local county office/health dept.

For example, they have not sent us the rent they owned us for the last three months, and here is paperwork to show it is not in our account, here is the contract with them stating they would pay on this day each month, and here is the title of the house in my LLC/name to show you we own the property too.

I live in Phoenix and my business partner and I put on a couple local forums for investors like yourself to network.

I do all of this remotely, so I use the above process to filter out 90% of the properties and then send the other 10% to my local team for verification.

I started a new post asking people's thoughts about insurance costs in your local area and specifically costs to rebuild and other challenges:https://www.biggerpockets.com/forums/95/topics/1227051-insur...

When Helene/Milton hit we had local displacements and I suspended any rising rates (rising naturally due to spike to demand). 

Focus on saving, building your credit, and connecting with local investors.

I put my name on the list for a buyout.