It is exciting, risky, and exhausting but the rewards can be limitless.   

IMHO it's much easier being an intentional landlord than an accidental one.

Various ways and databases to look in to find claims history.I dont work a lot on the commercial side, however know the underwriting guidelines are a bit more exhaustive vs a typical residential policy.As Chante stated, make sure the incident was a covered loss, and keep in mind if it hailed more than once, or there was a wind storm one month, tree branch fell the following week, then a hail storm 2 weeks later all in the same summer - those are 3 separate claims/events.  

MD to SC to CT is one hell of an exhausting drive for a 24 hour period :-).  

If they have really exhausted all of their avenues, they will let you know.  

Keeping buyers corralled until it's all over can be exhausting.

I was exploring to see what other areas are out there less than an hour away. 

This seems more like a subtle advertisement than an actual analysis of buy and hold.   

My point is a guy like you with lots going on is more than an investor, while being an investor too (I misspoke), and that the guy that owns 1 home is an investor.

About me, I've been married to my high school sweetheart for 12 years, we've got two beautiful children who keep us both entertained as well as EXHAUSTED :)I am an Operations Program Manager in the Defense Industry, I spent 6 years on active duty in the Marines (OIF Vet).