The root problem with this is that you just legally elevated a squatter to a tenant thus giving them more legal tools to fight you

Whether it's doing fundraising for a nonprofit, or simply telling everyone you come into contact with that this is what you're doing (the proverbial "elevator pitch"), or even being involved in the management of deals with an established sponsor (that's the road I'm taking personally), there are many ways to get to that point. 

It elevates the quality of the house instantly when tenants see stainless appliances which gets you tenants faster and promotes higher rents too. 

@Mike E. if I were in your place I would be very proactive in trying to see if you can protest the flood plain certification with maybe an elevation report.

Depending on the firm you may get some free/cheap advise and/or a preliminary elevation.

I don't know how much an elevator costs (they don't look all that expensive), but I'm sure it wouldn't pay in a cheap rental.

Well now with real time MRI's we can see thoughts as they occur and nobody has to get chopped up not even those poor monkeys.One thing that has come out of this research is that the bulk of the human brain is devoted to spatial awareness or locating your various body parts in relationship to each other and the force/direction of gravity.The one sense that is required to keep us from going insane is body awarenss.You can lose any sense, sight, hearing, speech, and still compensate in some way but without a knowledge of your location/orientation in space you may or may not exist,, your mind just can't tell.

And you know what happened to him.Here is a link where Kennedy made a speech trying to warn us: http://www.youtube.com/watch?

So I got up, did my speech and answered questions ( felt on top of the world).

I'm waiting on the seller to provide a copy of the policy and elevation certificate.