It took out one house from what I can see and the house I'm talking about has fire damage on the sides of it pretty bad.

Glad to see the river is cresting with so little damage!

After kicking him out, it appears he did more than $1800 worth of damage to the condo and they opened a collections process.

However, being a hurricane target area I know any house will require expensive flood and wind damage insurance.

He is probably unlicensed and uninsured for damages,move on.

The damage is done and preparations must be made.

Should that purchase and sale agreement include that the owner is to transfer to me her holding of the existing renters' damage deposit and last month's rent?

My offer on a REO was rejected as too low - the issue with the townhouse is listed at (1)"system did not hold pressure due to damages, unable to find source of allleaks, water heater damaged at side where TPR valve damaged" and (2) "Water Supply and Sewage system was inspected for presence of obvious visible defects.

There are many pitfalls of creating leases with specific damage provisions.

Also, are there any inclement weather problems unique to that part of the country that damage properties, like tornadoes?