It's bad enough when you are learning something new, it's even worse when you know the right answer and have to answer it wrong to pass a test. 

Their residential status is unresolved, so they can't get licenses, but the state believes they will drive if they have to, and it's better to make them learn the rules and pass a drivers test, so it gives them this provisional license.

Would anyone have personal experience on whether short term vs. long term rental in the Pass-A-Grille/Saint Pete Beach/Tierra Verde area is better? 

Seattle, Washington last year became the first city to pass a law mandating a first-come first-served screening policy.

You can certainly get much higher rents renting to Section 8 tenants (subsidy + tenant portion), but you'll also have to pass a Sec 8 home inspection and deal with other program compliance.

Their first act was to pass a rule of their own regarding advertising which is stricter.There is also the IRS and FinCEN to contend with since August of 2012 on the Patriot Act, OFAC, and Anti Money Laundering rule extension to include sellers as well as lenders of manufactured homes.

That's why, IMO, it depends on what you need....do you want to learn or pass a test and learn later on?

"Say you have to be licensed to fix brakes on a car (pass a test and get certified), unless it's your own car.

Fro example, we could pass a law that says if somebody gets cancer, they can't die.  

If there is no sewer line at the property, or nearby, find out about a septic system before you do anything else - the lot has to be big enough and it has to pass a perc test.