I also enclose below the text of the relevant section for ease.https://www.flsenate.gov/laws/statutes/2020/553.79QUOTE(14) A building permit for a single-family residential dwelling must be issued within 30 working days of application therefor unless unusual circumstances require a longer time for processing the application or unless the permit application fails to satisfy the Florida Building Code or the enforcing agency’s laws or ordinances.UNQUOTEThe previous link to the City of Cape Coral citizens portal lets individuals see permit details for a specific property address, the progress with applications, and if not using a private provider the status of inspections.  

I've unfortunately seen too many examples where a Canadian investor trusted their Canadian accountant to handle all the U.S. compliance and it cost them a lot of headaches and money. 

Unfortunately I feel like a new roof is going to be pretty standard on the things I'm looking at so it might just have to get done on a regular basis.

I've been seeing far too many people with bad experiences and not enough with positive ones, unfortunately. 

I did not know about the 2 of 5 years rule for capital gains and that ship has unfortunately sailed. 

Unfortunately it's a necessary evil to weed out the residents that are not ideal.

Most current foreclosure starts today, do not end up going to saleWhile not an exact correlation, housing foreclosures vs foreclosures starts, the few foreclosures that complete under the present circumstances, makes it very slim pickings in the foreclosure space. 

Unfortunately, all of this is from my imagination as I have not enquired.

Unfortunately - my current lot for my primary is 1 acre and VERY sloped, and close to a water source (creek), so the county has not even allowed me to permit my downstairs finished basement without an extremely costly renovation to our septic (over $60,000, and that doesn't count demo'ing and replacing our driveway to get to the existing tank and leachfield), and even if I could permit it, it would essentially need to be a treehouse in the redwoods due to the slope (not a bad idea though, I would actually love a livable treehouse on this lot!

There are circumstances that having a low downpayment is beneficial, but personally, I'm not a fan of PMI if you can afford the 20%.