I lived there for a year while I finished fixing it up. this condo did have regulations as to the number of rentals it allowed.

Sometimes a new agent in the business will be more open to your proposal.This is what, as an investors, I'd want my Fiduciary Buyer's Agent to do for me:To supply me with expired listings on a daily basis in certain zip codes To assist in locating the owners of those propertiesOr, to make an offer through the expired listing agentTo present contracts and to open negotiations on leads received To search for FSBO's in a prescribed area, to notify me and to make offers on those propertiesTo keep me informed of any new laws, regulations or news about the area I want to invest in.To run ads in local newspapers and internet sites;   "Wanted, all real estate, houses and commercial properties in the following zip codes 21234, 21236, 21214 and 21304.

GeoVera also does not require a four point inspection but they tend to have higher deductibles and is an excess lines (looser regulation) product.

That seems too easy and there is probably some regulation preventing it.

In Texas there are laws that govern the distribution of an intestate (without a will) estate.

@Andrew Wong As far as I know, the bank will require it if they find you are in the flood zone during their underwriting process.Otherwise you can check http://www.fema.gov/national-flood-insurance-program-flood-hazard-mappingThe government's mapping shows if your parcel lands in a floodplain.

The government purchased the needed land years ago so no real changes now. 

I think there's lots of variables and that I care more about where yields are going to be in 5 years than where they've been the past 5 years (for buy and hold).But, anything you put together that helped me compare different areas more easily than looking at raw census and raw area government data would be interesting.

It has a decent mix of Government/Military, large business and entrepreneurial job markets, which makes it a slower and steadier market.  

I have an extensive liability and insurance coverage, more than a developer and regularly qualify for government projects, I know what it costs, but whether im only making 300k/year or 3M/year, I still pay the same, benefits of having everything in-house and not contracted out, expensive to maintain but pays off in the long run.