If I were you (and you meet the items listed above), I would definitely still move forward with licensing since you already have the property.

Hello @Amanda Skipper,While there's no better way to truly get a feel for a market than by being on the ground and exploring the neighborhoods firsthand, I want to assure you that investing remotely is absolutely doable—and many successful investors do just that.In fact, I know several investors who have built substantial portfolios in Memphis, and they’ve never physically visited the city, and they've done so successfully by leveraging local expertise, market data, and a solid support network.

From my own eyes redacted took a 2 week break while a new studio was being built, during that time Clayton did mobile shows and we noticed European plates on cars then freeway signs from the interstate system, I am very familiar with these we lived there for 65 years, tune in to redacted on you tube, they talk about living in Portugal and no longer do.

Due to item 1, adding an ADU can require years to start achieving any return (once the accumulated cash flow recovers the initial negative position).4) Adding an ADU is a slow process.

For the most part its just health and safety items, which are items we should have remedied anyways.As someone else mentioned, biggest thing to avoid is having the house tagged as vacant which the city will do if it sits empty for too long (handful of months, grass not cut, etc).

The 25K would go towards a rate buy down.As far as accounting for cap ex and maintenance for newly replaced/updated items, I'd still recommend doing it.

Covering most of the routine maintenance items here. 

Condos were built by a lot of cheap scumbags who are long gone and people are going to be left holding the bag on these.This guy is pretty good at explaining it:  Yak Motley Florida Condos;t=4s

I am also looking for information regarding fee structures, and what item's that should be and should not be included in the management fee calculation. 

Good luck, and it’s great that you’ve built such a solid rapport with the seller!