Welcome to BP Nation, Julie :)

I paid for professional packers to help pack the house, I paid for movers to transport the items to storage, and I even paid for 1 month of storage.

Lenders:The leading lenders who offer such non-recourse loans at the national level include:First Western Federal Savings Bankwww.myiralender.comNorth American Savings Bankwww.iralending.comYou may be able to find a local or regional bank willing to lend on a non-recourse basis.

A national credit, eviction and criminal history screening service.

Lucky for you, you are in one of the best markets in the nation right now!

Section 8 has an annual inspection, but that's national.  

I know of at least two national credit unions in Ottawa.

The last chart shows this fact as a nation wide phenomenon.

For comparison, the national inventory is at a 3.9-months supply, according to NAR;Townhome/condominium sales ended seven months of declines with a flat sales volume of 595 units, the average price down 8.4 percent to $203,751 and the median price down 9.0 percent to $163,000;Single-family home rentals surged 12.7 percent with the average rent up less than one percent to at $1,795;Volume of townhome/condominium leases declined 4.4 percent with the average rent up less than one percent to $1,586.

If so, there may be programs available, even if you didn't have flood insurance, for grants or loans to help you as an owner-occupant homeowner rebuild after storm damage, especially if your area was declared a major disaster or national emergency or whatever it's called.