They don't have to disclose flood zone here so you have to look it up individually, and some insurance companies have set up their own "surge" zones so either limits your choice of insurer or increases insurance costs in those areas.  

That doesn't sound very appealing to a developer especially 30 acres for a big project.Not all of the land may be developable anyways because of topography, streams, etc.First see if in county or city limits and land at current and future land use map and see what the area allows for zoning.

This is a declining market with 3 of the DC area jurisdictions recently passing legislation limiting how many days you can AirBnB a property, and limiting it to owner occupants only.

I would go for the best deal over limiting yourself to a specific type. 

Sorry i can't message you, at my 10 message per hour limit.

The lifestyle of being equity rich vs cash rich is completely different.

That said, you can have a clause in your lease that has a limit on how long a guest can stay, but you cannot prevent daily guests, unless that guest has caused problems and you filed some kind of injunction against that person. 

If I wasn't able to find enough deals to keep pushing our limits and growing as an organization then yes, I'd consider looking in a new market with similar returns. 

He was very nice to do this because deals like this fly off the shelf in Arizona.

Also, Fannie Mae's limit for mortgaged properties is 10 per individual meaning you can have 10 and your wife can have 10.