The elevation is lower than the house to the right which currently causes water to pool after rainfall.

During this inspection by the engineer, no soil tests, elevation readings or calculations were completed as it was just a visual inspection. 

In the end... moratoriums will open up a whole new world of establishing more stringent tenant criteria and move-in requirements such as ACH pre-authorizations, etc. etc. which will only elevate a LL's security but will unfortunately result in a tenant vs. tenant situation soon afterwards for a long time to come.  

Part of the attraction of the property is the elevated rental income over the summer, which is now all but impossible.

@Eric Lefebvre an I idea on selling a property in a flood zone is to either offer to pay the premium for two years so you take that off the table or you can get an elevation certificate and see if you can get what is called a LOMA (Letter of Map Amendment) that will remove the property from the requirement (by lenders) to purchase flood insurance. 

BTW, I know a lot of people on here would not think that $2,500 per month would get a quick renter, but this is Brooklyn.Within 6 days of ads, I got 40 inquires, 5 applicants and I took the best one which was a YOUNG couple that made $200k combined income plus had $200k in savings or an IRA.I don't really have experience with a higher priced apt like yours around the $5k range, but maybe my rental is annedotal.It seems to me that there are a lot of people who are considering low density buildings like ours to be highly desireable because of the Pandemic.It makes sense because you can pretty much isolate yourself and you don't have to go into an elevator, potentially breathing in someone's germs who may have just sneezed or coughed while you are within 6 feet of each other.For the Garden Apt, it's exceptional to have at this time of year as well.

Please note that specific information such as the property address and names of those directly or indirectly involved in this particular real estate transaction were intentionally omitted to maintain confidentiality given delicate subject matter of/affecting health, life and safety.IntroductionHaving provided carbon monoxide (CO) testing of gas utilization equipment for well over ten years during the 1980's and 1990's in addition to having learned about the production, mitigation, prevention, testing, and harmful effects of elevated levels of carbon monoxide due to incomplete combustion of natural gas utilization equipment from a recognized leader/foremost authority on carbon monoxide testing in the industry by the name of Jim Davis—senior carbon monoxide/combustion trainer and consultant for the National Comfort Institute (NCI), who began traveling the country during the 80's and 90's conducting carbon monoxide training seminars for building and HVAC contractors, building inspectors, utility companies and virtually anyone interested in learning about carbon monoxide testing and proven methods to mitigate and prevent gas utilization equipment from producing elevated levels of carbon monoxide in flue gas known to cause CO poisoning—has without a doubt proven invaluable in heightening my awareness of conditions conducive to/indicative of incomplete combustion known to result in elevated/unsafe levels of CO in flue gas.

Not because of lobbying or agents giving a good sales speech, but because it just makes good sense.

I leased a building built in the 1800s and there were multiple deals that fell through because 1) the building was grandfathered in as non-ADA compliant, but the tenant could not run their business in a building without an elevator, 2) the building was grandfathered in to not need fire sprinklers (and Ownership didn't want to spend $100k+ to put them in), that crosses off a lot of large national tenants who have higher standards.

the house appears to be elevated and set back.