This house was block and beam and elevated more than houses which gave me some comfort.

If it is in a flood plain, you can obtain a "Spot Elevation" from a surveyor, if the improvements are high enough to be out of the flood plain you can avoid the insurance.

Sure, people want wicked nice interiors, but they sure as hell do not want a unit with no elevator, no washer/dryer, and it is directly over the garbage corral for example. thats what we see where I'm from and I'm assuming your dealing more with high rises - either way find out what people want, and buy that product low enough to make a profit after you have done the rehab.

In general you want your property to be the scourge of the neighborhood so you can easily elevate the value and rents through renovation.

Any advice, success stories or anything else that you think would elevate me would be much appreciated :) Thank you

Everyone is aware of the problems, from sleeping in the elevator, to talking to children at the bus stop, to accusing various people of stealing his items, treating the garage area and many of the common areas as his sole property.

I noticed that we have an elevated humidity level in the basement (70% on a relatively non-humid day).

I hit 250 golf balls on driving range yesterday in 7K ft elevation.

This is a banquet facility, where 10 are at a table, they have a 1 minute round-the-table-elevator-speech and hand out business cards.

The flood zones for this property is as follows: Zoned AE which are areas of inundation by the 1% annual flood chance with 2% chance of wave run up with elevations less than 3 feet above the ground.