They may take an interest.Some of those people might actually be more aggressive about enforcing existing laws.

Those willing to go beyond that could be good partners for real estate investors.Traditional banks/Local Banks and non-bank lenders - If they are a portfolio lender, meaning they actually hold on to the loan and don't just collect your payment, then they have the ability to be flexible.

That actually is a benefit, as no one is expected to water the yard.  

Zillow actually is probably not a great resource for finding properties anyway. 

The landlord shall not commingle such moneys with any other funds of the landlord or hypothecate, pledge, or in any other way make use of such moneys until such moneys are actually due the landlord;(b) Hold the total amount of such money in a separate interest-bearing account in a Florida banking institution for the benefit of the tenant or tenants, in which case the tenant shall receive and collect interest in an amount of at least 75 percent of the annualized average interest rate payable on such account or interest at the rate of 5 percent per year, simple interest, whichever the landlord elects.

It will actually be more difficult for your agent to procure a buyer off market - so the work actually increases. 

It actually happens more often than you would think that investors end up with over 500k in capital gains.

But I would urge planners to consider that the Sec 263 regs they rely upon for the justification for not expensing remodeling costs is actually an exclusion section which prohibits deductions under pspecified circumstances that being that the amount was: "paid out for new buildings or for permanent improvements or betterments made to increase the value of any property or estate."

@Candice Coates I actually co-host since I still live in CA for now

Getting a base 8-15% return instead of 2-3% before actual “profit” puts you way ahead of the cash buyer.