My apartment flooded this mooring or rather last night. i know there is a difference between renters insurance and flood insurance, but anyone have any advice for how i should handle this situation?

With the recent floods in Houston, there have been floods in areas that have not been flooded before.  I recently came across a house on a golf course in a desirable neighborhood.  However, the homes (about 125) all t...

Hi All - So I have two rental houses in Houston. My property manager called yesterday and told me that two of my houses were under water. One had about 18" of water in it and the other had 48" in it. My insurance agen...

The Biggert-Waters Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2012 goes into effect Jan, 2014. The signature Waters of the Act is Congress Person Maxine Water.

The Federal flood insurance program has been operating in th...

Hello BP world!Please allow me to tap into your collective knowledge, once again.I'm looking at buying a property.  I'm doing the math to see if the deal is viable and I need to get a number for how much flood insuran...

What advice can you offer to those who are faced with deciding if they should restore or if they should rebuild flood damaged property? What factors should be considered when evaluating and assessing flood damaged pro...

About to close on my first property and need to decide on how much insurance to purchase.  The main piece I'm having trouble with is deciding how much water backup insurance to purchase, if any.  I don't have any expe...

Hi,We just had a very BAD rainstorm here in Michigan (oakland county). My house and 2 rentals had water in the basement, unfortunately I didn't have flood insurance (like 99% of people here it seems). The water has be...

Do we need to worry about flood zones & flood insurance investing in Jacksonville, FL? Does Jacksonville get a lot of hurricanes and flooding? Also, I am from the Houston, TX area. Anyone know how the hurricanes a...

I have been looking for a while for a smaller multi-family place, which are not extremely common on the market near me. I found a great deal on an 8 plex, the agent sent rent roll and some financials and it looks grea...