I know some investors would give less time, but I have found it easier to work with tenants when you are fair.

Scott's book in 2020 or 2021 and found the estimate sheet to be fairly close to what I was paying at that time.  

You've probably heard of big Landlords losing property, but only because they were flagrantly violating Fair Housing, running a slum, or otherwise violating the law in an egregious manner.

I do my fair share of $300k-$700k sales here in Los Angeles don't get me wrong, but my easy math brain loves using the even numbers for examples!

Realize you are likely going to use CA Fair Plan (due to fire risk) and that is not cheap.  

What is a fair offer to make to that GC, and what kind of deal should I not accept?

We recently sold a rental in Columbia, SC and did fairly well.

For primary residences, taxes paid equal 4% of the fair market value of the home times the local millage rate plus any other local district taxes assessed, such as for fire or police, but with a school district tax credit.

The Fair Market Rent (FMR) on the HUDuser.org website is the Median Rent for the are based on actual rent surveys. 

Since you're in Florida and the laws are much more fair, I'd be willing to take a chance if his background/credit check came in clean.