Hey Jadan,Here are some high level thoughts:1.

I am going to see if I can switch to a local Wisconsin insurance that reflects our local risk level in their premiums.Many of the homes in the Pacific Palisades are 3-5 million, but when you look on Google Street View, most are very modest homes from the 1960s (there are some $20m ultra luxury mansions too), so a lot is the land value, the home replacement value on a 1600sqft may be what - 500k at the most?

Thats a different perspective.. the guru's cannot be national gurus and be at the street level  too many students in to many time zones.

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Odd's are given the scale of it all there will be some level of general cleanup resources made available for private properties.

Haven't been there, but pay attention to the foundation - if the floors are level there no action needed.

I have extended family in MN, which is a plus and something I’m factoring in as well.I’ve heard from friends in Iowa that MN winters are on another level, which will definitely take some getting used to. 

If average sale for the area is 200,000 at 3 percent = 6,000You would need to close then 20 transactions in a year at the 3% level for 200k price to get the 120,000 commission.4.

But by the way they perform Matt must over burden them with tasks outside their experience level.

You could also try looking up money judgements filed against local businesses at the magistrate level and target them with direct mail or driving for dollars.