Don't miss the low hanging fruit to increase ROI (outside light, is it an LED?

So, don't just assume there is low-hanging fruit out there.

I currently flip homes in LA and Orange Counties.

Account Closed, what you are asking is really like saying what's the difference between a grapefruit and an orange.

Go to your local Home Depot or equivilant store Buy yourself some pcv pipe about 3- 6 foot long that you can  put a hammer in and some roofing nails. they have orange plastic rings around them ....

In South Orange County, California 2 bedrooms start at $1600 to $2000.

Can anyone advise on how to best use this map for my situation (i.e. focus on the orange/yellow/purple etc)?

Just the cash flow savings themselves would allow me to buy a house once a year, and I'm not paying the transaction costs as a buyer...Again, in your example, you're comparing apples to oranges.

@Jerry Padilla yes, while it needs a little work, primarily cosmetic (you should see the paint colors, someone was a big Clemson fan - bright purple and orange!) 

The FZD we pull is usually more accurate since there are somewhere around 70 venders that provide these FZD service to lenders and their accuracy varies from vender to vender. here is a map showing The blue represents the high risk flood zone Identified with a AE and the elevation. the orange/yellow color is a X500 which is not a flood zone that lenders will require flood coverage if you carefully at the map you can see some parcels that are in the blue but the structure isn't or some where the structure is partially in the AE flood zone.