We gotta get smart and think of our own interests or we aren’t going to have a country left I come from the technology world prior to real estate and the issues are bigger than you imagine.

So, I'm not sure about the aspect of ozone machines damaging other parts of the home, but they seem to be VERY effective at smell neutralization.Good luck here, Justin!

If you do want it bad enough you will educate yourself on every aspect of investing and not only reduce your risk but also reduce your fear.

@Andrey Y.I'm into 4plexs due to the cashflow aspect and easy conventional financing.

I remotely manage my properties in the Lake Tahoe area using this model by leveraging Evolve and using technology to fill the gaps and minimize my time invested in self-management tasks. 

I would almost back into it this way before finding land as its possible the margins on all of the aspects aside from land will paint a picture of limited profit margins.

Am I just wasting my time discussing appraisal cost with potential lenders since there are obviously more important aspects of the loans to discuss?

So, if you're planning on acquiring properties in affected areas, I would suggest you become an expert at moisture mitigation, mold removal, have the capital to weather another hurricane and the possible event of your insurance provider declaring bankruptcy and going belly up after such an occurrence.Consider this: https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/08/why-cities-flood/538251/*Houston, including its roads, parking lots, sidewalks, and other pavements, along with asphalt, concrete, brick, stone, was originally developed on land that, not for it's development, would have naturally absorbed water.

The GA sales person course doesn't  really prepare you on all the different  aspects of transactions you will encounter.

To me, buy and hold is buying a property (in whatever condition) and renting it out (after doing whatever it takes to get it into condition to rent out).The BRRRR strategy has a financing (or re-financing) aspect but is the same concept.