You'll know the details better than I do, just some food for thought.Best of luck!

Our priorities are 1- fixes for safety or to prevent further damage; 2- fixes that improve the rental income or will draw great tenants (we're turning the studio to a 1Br to increase rent), and 3-things my wife wants for customization/aesthetics (happy wife, happy life).Some specific questions I had so far are:1) We have a modified bitumen roof. 

I am on my second house (one in Harrisburg and one in Oxford). through my research it seems like building a buy and hold real estate portfolio is really what makes sense to me at least to provide a safety net. so that is my goal for the next few years.

thanks for the reply. yes. my intention is to fix and flip the house. you've given me some food for thought. 

Food left in the fridge, lots of items in the house.

I found this information on HomelectricalThe Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) only recommends the following three methods to fix aluminum wire problems permanently Completely replace your home with copper wirePigtail the aluminum wire ends with special crimp connectors called COPALUMConnect the aluminum wire ends with aluminum to copper AlumiConn wire lug connectorAny other ideas from the pros??? 

College Station has regulations as follows:https://blog.cstx.gov/2013/08/14/whats-allowed-for...The primary purpose for these restrictions is to maintain neighborhood integrity and ensure public safety, which are high priorities for many of our residents.

Now, my couny social services office is making a big deal about me getting food stamps etc,  as they said I can't be my own landlord.

Hello,I just put a lake house on the rental market and someone wrote with the following request:"Would the owner be willing to put a fence out on the patio for tenants that have kids in the home or be willing to allow a small fence around patio area for safety?"

@Aaron BeauchampFor properties that did flood and were in food zonea and were purchased by flippers, did they sell just as fast as before because of the demand for housing or were people more cautious about buying a home in a flood zone?