I do realize some people have a hard time coming to grips that they no longer own their former house so I have tried not to escalate things.

You're probably reaching 10x more buyers than you realize with every Realtor that gets your list!

I didn't realize how much money I would have to put away to renovate and, when tenants turnover, the cost to renovate the units.

I have met amazing people so far on BP, all of which have offered to help me in my journey and I am beyond grateful.NOW, I realize that one major piece of any team I build will be a solid and sturdy Accountant.

From their 2020 10k:--"Inventory is comprised of homes acquired through our Zillow Offers program and is stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value.

You do realize that when YOU refinance, you are basically returning all the capital / loaned back back to your seller, right? 

Doing the rehab allows you to realize the opportunity.

Ideally, we would be looking for a long term rental in the other half, but realize this would be challenging given the zoning. 

As for flood or no flood every property, every structure is at risk of flooding even if they are not in a high-risk flood zone and some of these flood zones are more political than most people realize, my real meaning is that most of Houston (as an example) should be in a flood zone but selling homes that require flood insurance is a deterrent (especially if a new development) so maps get redrawn not giving the real risk this is why 90% of all the claims that came in from Harvy were in X flood zones which are considered low risk.

I don't think these guys realize that you can get a Propstream account yourself and get a much better deal.A Propstream account costs $99 and you can pull 10k records.