Majority of the repairs coming from the roof and crawl space that has about 5 inches of water.

Never give any tenat an inch or you will pay for it every time.

This is a guy who calls if the grass is a half-inch too long or the snow plow makes too much noise. 

If anything maybe an inch or 2 of it just barely touches my side.

You can also check above the window and if you notice large  random holes every 24-32 inches, then these are weep holes used for drainage on brick veneer houses.

Myself with 6 inch thick tax returns and no NON commercial underwriter can really under stand them LOL  its frustrating no doubt. but it was necessary to protect the industry.as @Chris Mason  a great private RMLO is worth their weight .. we use one in Oregon for our deals here I would never go anywhere else.. been 16 years with same person..

Is your market inching along, or is it clipping along at a quick pace? 

We are interested in a house to flip that has about 8 inches of water in the basement.

The concrete is leaning towards the house and the garage drain that the washer drains into may be putting water under the garage floor (4 inch drop along a crack by drain), so will probably have to borrow for that work anyway.  

i would like to try the 24x48 but what do you do to avoid a grout line up front or in back with only 24 inches?