Many companies I found do not want to cover a lot of homes because of the items you stated but with that the hurricanes and also in florida many roofing companies have done the "I will replace your roof for free, just let me deal with the insurance company".

New Western has onboarding protocols, training programs, New Western University, and several other tools that you and I can discuss offline to provide a general knowledge base to all agents. 

@Manuel Mungaray To my knowledge, there are lots of investors in both of those counties. 

@Samuel Metcalf- thanks   1) I would recomend getting a HELOC in place on your primary residence duplex  for  as much as  possible...this should be available for  free or a low  cost and the rate will be variable in the  8-11%  range ...prime rate +  margin of  1-3% ) ...the min payment is in interest only payment on outstanding balance   2)  use the heloc for the  remodeling  costs ...pay it down as  agressively as you can   3) on the  purchase of the investmenet  1 unit -  you are  allowed to put as little as 15%  of the price for your down payment ...the pricing you get for the loan will improve  as your down payment  grows so you might look at  75% /  80%  and  85%  ltv  options 

So, the opportunity is not well suited for a new investor who isn't knowledgeable about those risks nor prepared to handle them.

However I lack the confidence and knowledge to get started.

Happy to connect and knowledge share.

Hello BP,I've been following BP for over a month now and I have gained decent knowledge.

So I'm hoping to build connections with like-minded investors and to expand knowledge within the house flipping side of investing.

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