I could fly home to take care of my parents with zero notice and stay for a month, or two.

At one point he was flying on helicopters doing GI joe stuff, I found that fascinating and I developed a great amount of respect for him through this time while we were working together. 

You don't have to fly halfway across the country to try and figure all of that out.

I was at the airport this past week flying to visit family and in TSA precheck line they scan your license in a machine and take a photo of you. for some reason mine was not working and it basically had like an alert on it. they ask me if I have another form of ID on me.

Given you are out of state, it would be expensive to fly there. 

Takes a lot of organization and preparedness to fly with a pet. 

My advice to them is you really need to know construction and walk properties (not just look at videos and photos), know the area, have an unbiased local investor do a walk through (if you can't fly there in person), and how to read inspection reports and get a sewer line scope. 

I also did not know the 3 different processes which are in place to inform the public via the public record of foreclosures/defaults.I thought everything was done via a court and that the process to access the data i wanted was as easy to find/retrieve in other states as it is in FL. I

You can get a second home loan 10% down and look for a turn key property in FL.  I

Aside from not paying any rent since July, claiming she lost her 2 jobs due to COVID19 (and the California eviction ban protecting her) she's been complaining that there's a gap in the kitchen floor where flies could fly in, and black mold in the shower.