Or should I just not worry about that and go with whichever has the lower payment knowing my goals are to lower carrying costs and I'm going to pay off the principal when I sell.

., as Bad habits in one area typically carry over to other areas, and will land you a poor Tenant (or co-signer) choice.

Close costs/carry on both sides will be around $17k.

Chip and Jo cannot carry Waco on their back forever.

It's not like people won't know that the property isn't in a flood zone; if they finance it through traditional financing then the lender would most likely require that they carry flood insurance. 

@Carrie Lane you'd have to prove the PMC directed the pest company to add the screens.Otherwise, you'd have to go after the pest company.Not sure what you would actually win to make it cost effective.

They have connections to multiple insurance companies and can always find someone to carry the insurance.I'd also recommend using Obie Insurance. 

As was noted, you don’t have enough equity in #3 to tap, so it’s just a financial self-supporting carry.

It would probably be cheaper to have materials dropped on the lot from above by a CH53 than to have them carried in lol.

Working on a deal that the seller is open to carrying up to 10% of the down payment.