there are few meetups taking place this month in Harris County. 

Welcome to BP @Sylvia Harris, 

It mirrors much of a longstanding plan in Harris County to buy out properties in the most flood-prone areas.

Some examples of bigger ones are Bremer Bank, Sunrise Bank, Deerwood Bank, BMO Harris Bank, First National Bank Hastings, Community Resource Group & Citizens State Bank, but there are hundreds more.I just want to be clear that I would not chase the LLC designation to get the property into an LLC. 

Theres a few decent meetups, the one that I go to more regularily is at Harry's Hofbrau. 

I am particularly interested in Harris County.

I would definitely suggest connecting with an investor friendly agent in the area, maybe @Dean Harris, and they will be able to point you in the right direction in regards to financing.

@Melissa Harris reach out to @Justin Cooper he can give you more details or put you in touch with a refinance lender that we use out in CO for more details.

Harris county (Houston) sent the tax bill for the entire property to the previous owner.

I can attest that the folks offering help in this thread are good guys, in particular @Don Harris and @Brian Orr have been very helpful to me in the last couple months as I have been ramping up and getting started.