The property is in the minimal flood hazard zone X (Highlighted in the map).

Houston Real Estate Highlights in AugustFollowing a record-setting performance in July, single-family home sales held to positive territory again in August, rising 6.0 percent year-over-year with 9,195 units sold;The Days on Market (DOM) figure for single-family homes lowered from 53 to 51 days;Total property sales rose 7.3 percent with 11,121 units sold;Total dollar volume jumped 13.4 percent to $3.5 billion;The single-family home median price rose 7.6 percent to $269,000 – the second highest median price of all time;The single-family home average price increased 7.8 percent to $334,256 – the second highest average price in history;Single-family homes months of inventory registered a 2.8-months supply, down from 4.1 months last August and below the national inventory level of 3.1 months;Townhome/condominium sales rose 1.3 percent, with the average price up 4.5 percent to $216,733 and the median price up 1.7 percent to $175,000;Single-family home rentals dropped 13.3 percent with the average rent up 2.3 percent to $1,961;Townhome/condominium leases fell 13.7 percent with the average rent up 1.0 percent to $1,654.Houston Association of Realtors

Going forward, update your lease to have some language present related to quarterly or at least semi-annual inspection - and then highlight that language during your tenant screening process.

After reflection, there is one highlight that sticks out since that timeframe, my properties have only experienced one (yes one) month of vacancy.

Hey John,I would just have a virtual assistant go in and find all of these types of fields and then highlighting them for you.This would take the tediousness of you doing that yourself and you can just focus on reviewing the highlighted rows.

Anyone with experience on any question please chime in.Related to the investment area: I'm going based off this article I found here that got me thinking.1) The article highlights a few cities in Florida (Orlando, Tampa, and Jacksonville) that look to have a reasonable amount of rental potential for purchase price, a growing market/equity, stability, etc.

When you get in touch with a prospective seller, be sure that you highlight that "selling your house can be easier than you think" and list the advantages of working directly with you instead of the more traditional route.Good luck

I would tie back curtains too to highlight the beautiful windows too. 

You've got the issue highlighted and understood perfectly.  

A factoid I'll share as a lender that highlights that fact, about how everyone is paranoid to a fault.