Another wildcard is that the tax office opened in The UAE a year ago.

Where is the income tax of 49% here?

I'd also add to that that you are paying a 20% withholding tax on gross rental income. 

Tax structuring and LLC advice you can get for a paid fee too.

I recommend that you find a trusted or recommended Mortgage Loan Originator (MLO), who can give you options for property-based loans (mostly investment loans) and they don't use your taxes but the P&L of the property.

Usually the numbers don't work to build in these neighborhoods, unless government tax credits, etc.Do you see the problem with your two statements:"The turnover costs could/will be high"and"How much more damage could they do?"

Note that I live in the Netherlands, which has many tax laws.thank you 

Most Florida markets will share some dynamics though like taxes and insurance. 

Taxes 10k HOA is 9k The current owner never did short-term rentals.

I just started using it and so far the owner info matches up with the county tax info.