@Benji RobertsHaving just come out through a 'once in a century flood' - for the second year in a row ... and the third time in a decade, I would look long and hard before making an offer on a property in a designated flood zone.

you don't need the deal of the century you just need A deal.

@Ruby EscalonaJax REIM (REI Marketplace) meets at River City Brewing Company (a restaurant/bar located on the Southbank of Downtown)Jax REIA is near Regency Square @103 Century 21 Dr #202, Jacksonville

I not only helped home-owners et HELOCs for 1/4-century from my career in the legal field, butI had a HELOC on my house in the '80s and '90s and it was heaven to NEVER again have to ask permission from a bank ... to buy a snowmobile; to buy a boat; to pave our laneway; to put in a new septic system (though that one they would have acted on right away to protect their collateral);I got a HELOC on another home in 2009 to make a sizeable investment in my business ... and it took forever (exaggeration; it look way too long with aggravation);Many of my clients are held back in their businesses because Banks keep taking months -- literally months -- to make lending decisions one way or the other.Yes, it's a topic about which I'm passionate!

They are typically all in rougher areas and built around the turn of the century.  

If your backyard works, then by all means invest there, but if it doesn't, then you might just as well go back to work...or as in too many of these situations, continue to work.This is the 21st century.  

I've had my California Brokers licesse and for a few years and I'm alway curious why brokers work for other brokers..

Over a century old, swimming pool in the basement, city, and auction!

call title or escrow company they should have a direct feed on this .. or if you one of those old fashion states that is still stuck in the last century     and if the county website is down you may have to go to the tax collectors office and pull it up there.

Get in touch with Mark Parisot at Century 21 in CDA.