I live in Hampstead, near Topsail Beach & Wilmington.

(If you can not access your home at this point to assess, assume you'll be filing an insurance claim and keep reading.)In 2018 I had to file 3 Flood claims and 3 Wind claims on 3 different oceanfronts on Topsail Island during Hurricane Florence.

I am looking at buying my first STR in Topsail/Surf City this year.

Investment Info:Single-family residence buy & hold investment in Topsail.

I do work in surrounding areas also Raleigh, Cary, Garner, Knightdale, Smithfield, and much further Jacksonville , Surf City, Topsail. 

Headed down to Topsail beach next week to take a look at the rental market.

Going back to my Marine Corps roots, I spoke with an old marine buddy of mine who suggested scoping out his (and my former) neck of the woods - Onslow County, Camp Lejeune, Stone Bay, Swansboro, Hubert, Richlands, Surf City, Topsail and the southern Outer Banks.

Hi BP, I have a beach (not ocean front, a street or two back) house in Topsail Beach, NC under contract (this past weekend). 

Purchase price: $183,265 Cash invested: $16,500 Short-term rental listed on Airbnb near North Topsail Beach, NC.

Camp Lejeune is right there at my place in N Topsail Beach, so really coastal, but the southest NC should be the place to post about general military REI IMO.