If for some reason you need to rely on regular adverse possession instead of tax sale short statute of limitations, it requires ten years of possession after color of title.

I am looking for clean and rent ready finishes, not luxury or custom.

Also know that if you hold your property for less than a year, it's regular income taxes on your profits.  

I like to look at the inside of their car and see if it is clean or not.

I was talking to an investor who told me if he bought my property, he would borrow money from a hard money lender for a few months and then refinance with a regular lender. 

Her response was that if it was a student I could only get insurance from one specific insurer that is the state insurance (FL) and they are just as or more expensive as other regular insurers.

On Friday afternoon and over the weekend I did all my due diligence (visible condition, title letter, city violations, outstanding utilities) and everything is pretty clean.

They should give you regular updates but you do not really need to do anything.Most of the time my tenants do not end up getting evicted.

Please advise I (the landlord) should pay for labor and material to cover the area with rocks, or Tenant is responilbe to clean up the area and pay for the labor and material. 2.

Tim Murphy is who we use on a regular basis...he'll be able to help walk your mother through the process of settling back in to her home.