If a tenant (friend) needed to move, I wouldn’t want to be in a bad situation financially.

Of those four, two were lowered in a subsequent appeal. 

I've been in a dozen CRMs, and they all have weaknesses and strengths. 

Has anyone experience to share how the get started in a market in a different state?

This has pluses and minuses.If your property is bulletproof such as no framing - cinder block construction, cement floors, gloss white paint slapped on the walls and a cheap window mount AC, then you are in a prime position to make money with S8. 

I was informed that the property is held in a conservatorship.

.- Gated community and in a reasonable HOA. - The home is 2 payments behind and already got a letter from the lender about future foreclose.

One of them told me they only have to provide 15 days notice, which doesn’t help if I am on vacation for a few weeks or haven’t checked my PO Box in a few weeks.

Technically you are going to be able to claim the interest, since you are the one that's going to receive the 1098-int, but what's likely to happen is that the buyer is also going to ask for/claim that interest and then you are both going to be in a jam with the IRS. 

It’s a growing city and in a great location close to Orlando, Gainesville and Jacksonville.here’s the link to the RealWealth article that was mentioned above by Chrishttps://realwealth.com/learn/best-places-to-buy-rental-property/amp/#