If I lived in an area hostile to landlords or a place with a voracious appetite for tax dollars I'd certainly consider investing outside my home area (actually I'd probably consider moving), but I think it would be hard owning property that I can't work on, see, or visually inspect easily. 

It would be a waste for you to dissolve it and create a new one in the future.Whether or not you should create an LLC depends on your net worth, risk exposure, and risk appetite. 

If not, you can select the option to suppress your new list with your past one.

Yet the appetite for home buying remained strong enough to drive prices upward in virtually all markets across the country.

The prices were suppressed prior to the hurricane as you probably know.

But the multiple deliveries of new MF in the area caused a temporary spike to 10.3% that was then suppressed back down to 8% by what I would assume was the direct cause of the floods.

You’ll need lenders that have an appetite for fixers if you are doing light rehabs.  

Once I get a better sense of their appetite for risk I will probably reach out to lenders to see what's possible in the different scenarios.I'm not sure how to reconcile the difference between cash flow and appreciation right now, but if they are about to retire cash flow might be an appealing idea.

After my first condo purchase/rental, my appetite for RE Investments has grown considerably.  6months ago I bought my first 3 family from a rehab/flip someone else did as a buy/hold for myself.  

Atchison tends to be a bit further out geographically for our appetite, but we monitor it from a higher level for low cap investment indicators in case needed.