These will give you a clear picture of the property's current performance and potential.

I will be living in the guest house, while renting out the main.Both units are without washer and dryer units, my question is, do I supply them in the main house; or let potential tenants figure that one out?

Knowing that you're new in the forum and to avoid a potential reaction of the style "Who's this idiot who thinks he knows my country better than me?"

My vision is to bring together motivated people to support one another and potentially form an LLC for group projects as we grow.If this is something you might be interested in, I’d love to chat more and see how we can help each other on our journeys.

Pensacola is a great market for investing and the number of properties available right now is up so there are actually some on market properties with potential. 

This signals long-term appreciation potential.

If this job popped up out of the blue, your intent was not to move within the 1st year, so you may be ok.If you are planning on building a portfolio of homes, it is safest to stick in your home for 12 months to reduce the appearance of potential fraud. 

I have a pretty large emergency fund in place for those properties, but I wonder if that capital could be better employed elsewhere (potentially acquire another property).  

For example, a coffee maker costs very little but is consistently mentioned in reviews, which leads to higher satisfaction and potentially more bookings.

Best practice is to keep one or two payments in reserve from the buyers down payment for such instances.