Thank you @Ron Averill  @John Cimino I am looking more so towards the PA border because I work in PA.

In one town where I farm, the definition of "single family" is limited to three unrelated persons maximum; in another town with borders touching that previous town, the definition of "single family" is limited to two unrelated persons maximum.

Schools around it are nothing special, it's right on the border between 1 better and one worse district, sadly it is technically in the worse district, but the high-school is good and there is a french-immersion school which is also good.

In addition hire people who display integrity, quality instead of quantity, and sound judgment.6.Very true.

My realtor would have a much better MLS ad to display the listing without having to put actual furniture in the place to stage it, and much sooner.It looks like people are doing 'virtual staging' already, but we would do it before and while we remodel the place.

If you are near the border it may be worth it to look into more but if you are not then you are pretty much stuck paying the premiums.The maps are updated as technologies, methods and data become better at predicting which areas are higher risk but that is out of your control.

I think this borders on insanity.Take your cash (and family, though I'm in the camp that thinks kids in Vegas for vacation are not the best idea) to Vegas and gamble in the casino.

I currently have access to two single family homes (375-550K FMV) in Southern VT (one near the NH border) that have 50-100K in equity that I would be able to assign a contract to.

I'm working on a parcel right now that has some old graves on it, is bordered on 3 sides by an old landfill, a sewage treatment plant, and a radioactive waste storage facility, and there are 2 homeless squatters who have been camping on it for 5 years. 2.)

I am also a fan of buying a kitchen display if you need to rehab the kitchen.