I would tell him that that is an unusual request and he should have notified me before we executed and make it plain that I"m unhappy and offer to let him out of the lease.

Did you check FEMA online for flood plain?

I build in Independence Heights which is usually in the 500 and 100 year flood plain.

We live in Canada and have a STR in the US  plaining in getting another one  this summer more then willing to share what we have learnt with anyone who want to chat

Praying on the insecure and gullible, plain and simple.  

@Jay Hinrichs , @Brian KloftThe guys that like cash/respect leverage, know that life does not exist on a spreadsheet, and that pay off properties are hiding in plain sight...just like real life where the unassuming rich folks drive old cars and buy clothes at Costco.

But, I agree that there is not enough chasing away or direct questioning of people who post questionable stuff, and I think it is easier to be just plain old mean from behind the safety of anonymity. 

When I listed concerns of flagrant lease violations, gone unchecked (derelict vehicles, unregistered large breed dogs who are not picked up after, garbage scattered out in the yard, piles of debris; old tires, tv, kitchen sink, broken wheel barrow, all sitting out in plain sight for a month or more), wash machine drain hose running out a window and draining into the lawn.

Let the numbers talk, plain and simple.

No aspirations to continue to build and move in syndications, just plain old buy n holds in class B neighborhoods.