Post Dodd Frank sellers have continued the same bad practice of selling houses to occupants with financing at selling prices that are way high, can't be justified via any type of 3rd party valuation (appraisal, zestimate, tax value, even recent sales in the same area).   

Talk to lenders and have some options ready to go and have clear buying criteria.

As far as a flat rate, I would talk to companies offering services as mine and ask. 

-Perhaps the cash flow "lining your pockets" continues for a few years.

Those "salesmen" then go swarm any area that gets a report of a storm (even with pea size hail) to talk owners into filing a claim.

Talk with the syndicate/Reit and your tax person. 

I appreciate you're thoughtfulness and I will continue monitoring this thread to see if any other good ideas come up that we can all use. 

The first step is talking to a lender and getting pre-qualified.

Somebody somewhere had to pay for that real estate at some point and has continued to pay for it since.

This also probably ensures that they will continue to depreciate against the US dollar over time.