That's not unreasonable, if you are going to have them list it later.  

(For the 100-year floodplain it would be a 1% chance in any given year or 30% chance throughout the life of a 30-year mortgage.)HOWEVER, if it hasn't flooded before, and it's in Houston I would say it would not be unreasonable to re-sell in the future.

I’ve had a tough but rewarding journey these past few years and I’d like to share my personal experience to hopefully help others in the early stages of their investing journeys.I want to give you what I wanted myself – an honest understanding of what it takes to get over that initial hurdle.

Are my expenses unreasonable?

Investing in commercial real estate is a complex process and for a novice investor there may be hurdles to consider.

Thanks Steve, I'm gonna have to look over all of this, my main concern is wiping out the HOA fees, they are being very unreasonable and I've read that in NJ they are only allowed 6months of back payments after foreclosure.

But just recently La Quinta seems unreasonably high...$140k for a crappy flip--compared to $115k just 4 months ago.

The rates are not the lowest, but certainly not unreasonable and the service is much better than lower priced companies, IMO.

Are there legal hurdles to selling two houses in one transaction to a relative?

It may hurt some investors, but it is not unreasonable to enforce such a law.