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Oh and for marketing you are right that it would not make much sense to do it the way you typically here it getting thrown about on BP.That is because it is mostly wholesalers that need to find a lot of deals and keep a constant stream of really good deals in the pipeline.If you are only looking to buy 1-2 properties in a year, or something like that, to add to your portfolio you just scale it back.You can get a list of absentee owners from MLS data, or from a title company or if you have to buy a list it should be a fairly cheap one since it is easy to get the data.

If you want $5,000,000 of coverage, you probably want the NFIP plan.Insurance companies that offer flood may only write in MI, OH, IN, IL and not in FL or LA for example.

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Oh and I now have a ton of points/miles, I may take a vacation later this year :)

Oh, got it...I thought you were saying that this was true of all 1.3 billion Chinese people.

Oh- last thing: Have you setup your "Keyword Alerts" yet?

I am a wannabe real estate investor in Columbus Ohio.