Citizens is state run insurance which is like a last resort, I've never heard of Citizens denying a policy as long as you meet the criteria, so that's comforting in a way.Hope that helps, know that all wood structures sell at a substantial discount, and really consider the termites.

Citizens is about 60% cheaper than the next alternative for a duplex less than half a mile from the ocean in Brevard County.

Not sure on the Canadian side but as a dual citizen and having closed a few transactions for Canadian investors state side in Oregon this year, they were pretty amazed at how far their investment went here and how surprisingly strait-forward Foreign National lending is/was even without a SS#.

If you were a U.S. citizen.  

I've contacted 311, Citizens United.. no luck.

as you know....And it used to be a lot easier also.We used to be able to go to the Dept. of Transportation and get a copy of drivers licenses, which of course have addresses, as well as DOB.We even got non-driving ids from the DOT.We used to get new postal addresses from the PO for $1 each.We used to get birth and death certificates from the Bureau of Vital Statistics.We used to be able to get letters to prisoners.We used to be able to inquire if a senior citizen was a resident of a specific nursing/retirement home"USED TO" is the key phrase.

This was done to protect senior citizens on fixed incomes from being forced to sell their homes due to unaffordable property tax increases.Since the passing of this amendment, all properties in Michigan have two property tax values associated with them:State Equalized Value (SEV): supposedly equal to 50% of the market value of a property, not based on recent sales price.Taxable Value: the SEV annually capped as long as there is not a transfer of ownership.City Assessors are charged with determining how much property values have changed each year.

Citizen from renting from me? 

This was done to protect senior citizens on fixed incomes from being forced to sell their homes due to unaffordable property tax increases.Since the passing of this amendment, all properties in Michigan have two property tax values associated with them:State Equalized Value (SEV): supposedly equal to 50% of the market value of a property, not based on recent sales price.Taxable Value: the SEV annually capped as long as there is not a transfer of ownership.City Assessors are charged with determining how much property values have changed each year.

My advice for finding contractors is go on acela citizens access, this is the public portal that shows all the permits in Tampa.