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Claims" are an insurance matter.

Also, be sure to notify your insurance company that while you are still living on the property, you also have tenants. 

For example, what is the monthly revenue for the property and what are the "All In" expenses, including mortgage, taxes, insurance, utilities, repairs, etc...

I also assume you have homeowners insurance rather than landlord policy which is invalid if you’re not living there.

Conversely, On homes I have wanted to expand,  I have removed closets from bedrooms in order to label these as studies or offices, so that I could build additions that are labelled "bedrooms" (customized to my needs),  in order to avoid the requirements of expanding a 2 car garage to a 3 car garage (a local requirement when building beyond 4 bedrooms).  

As far as the insurance claims, I've had many. 

I would check with your insurance agent and the city.

A lot of sellers are panicking, thinking the market’s going to crash, but they don’t really understand what’s happening behind the scenes—demand is still strong, people are still moving to Florida, and that creates opportunities.I own 32 properties, and I’m always tracking values—rents, insurance, taxes, all of it.

We have a Chicago general contracting business, and handling the field operations is a ridiculously heavy lift.As far as finding customers I think you'll have some good success with gorillia marking at some of the local investor meetups.