@Linda Weygant, @Natalie Kolodij I bet can help answer that tax question.

Is it worth pursuing my landlord policy for the claims adjuster to go after their insurance or filing a lawsuit? 

Some of your photos seem small and dark - I'd either retake them or adjust the brightness with some photo editing software.

I would be willing to bet you will make more off this real estate deal in 30 years than you would in stocks with the compound effect.  

These cost are going to very dependent on the area.If I was a betting man I'd say the zoning and permit cost will be more time and energy than financial, but should be taken into factor as holding cost will rise the longer the process takes.

It is true that a bank can adjust interest rates, but they are prohibited from usury, and there are limits to how much interest can raise from one year to the next—legal limits.

I typically view most cities along I-35 as a safe bet but I was wondering if I had any Hillsboro, Tx investors on here.

If you want to be more in the Denver metro area, then Arvada, Wheat Ridge and Littleton are your surest bets because they're the only cities that currently allow non-owner occupied short-term rentals.

We adjusted our strategy and went north to a beautiful place called Flathead lake and found what exactly we were looking for!

I would bet you a dozen doughnuts you’d get a better net price from Zillow/Opendoor/offerpad than from investors.