Keep in mind that during this time it is always wise to keep valuables away from plain sight.

I hear so much about avoiding flood plains, but maybe that applies more to the long-term rental business.

I am kind of a sandbagger by nature.One thing I was looking at was Flood Plain.  

The county was initially fine with my plan, but then starting expressing concern about the maintaining the river front and flood plain. 

These deals are something of a no-mans-land between real seller financing with a mortgage and a plain lease.  

I usually just buy one from Target that's plain and pretty simple.

A good FEMA surveyor can help with a map adjustment called a loma it has helped me on some 100 yr flood plains that I had in the desert area eliminating the need for flood insurance

But, you may be able to find a "risen" property even within a flood plain.

The government will bungle payouts as it did during the last flood disaster where some well connected flood plain dwellers received up to $3 million ( yes 3 m of tax payer money) to sell their ruined house to the province, and others fought to get enough to gut and redo a basement and the government tried to say they could only compensate for the lowest grade vinyl or laminate rather than the hardwood and granite that was destroyed.

Hi Bo,Best thing you can do is spend the $500 for a plain ticket, and $200 for a rental car to drive through the areas of Detroit.