Usually how it is done is there is a paper map (or online map) for the region published by FEMA, showing the different areas with flood risk designations A, B, etc...and the insurance rates depend on your flood risk assessment. 

Hi BP people,My name is Tony and I currently live in the northern Delaware/ Philadelphia area. I’m looking to jump into REI, but I’m a complete newbie.I currently work in car sales and I run a restoration service. I h...

Your best bet is to start having conversations with local/regional/community banks in your area. 

From the lower hudson orange county area all the way to the capital region of Albany.

Hi Everyone, I continue to dig into the Smokey Mountain region for STR's and am trying to learn more about the local areas before I commit to a visit down there.  

This isn’t an ordinary seminar .This is the key for you young people on the west coast fresh out of college Who don’t have any savings, any income ,and  no marketable skills aside  from regional beer pong champion.

In Tampa region, or any Florida region, (please specify  the region) how much are you finding the sf price to be for installation labor on tile, vs glue down vinyl, vs floating vinyl?

I am approaching this casually at the moment, but it seems that the number of multi-family homes in the Phoenix and surrounding areas are very limited -- I guess it's a difference of culture or the fact that land is so cheap in the southwest that there isn't much demand for a duplex/triplex/4-plex.At any rate, I'd like to hear from anyone who has invested in this region.

What are your opinions about investing in SFH or multifamily in the Boise region specifically?

I'm looking to fo the same but from Toronto, Canada.