Most likely you'll never have an issue unless the company/person doing the repairs after the fire cut corners.

Steady Population GrowthTennessee is growing, steadily for decades and is one of a handful of states that have continued to do so in nearly every corner of the state.

For example, right now, I have an off-market deal that is fully occupied by Section 8.

You might list it in the classifieds section instead of here.This is one of the issues with STRs when you want to get out of it. 

Go to this page and click on the structural (building) section for the list of contact info: https://www.fortlauderdale.gov/government/departments-a-h/de...My assumption would be that you are going to add at least a window and / or a exterior door for egress requirements, which would require a structural modification.Also, I think you will need to raise the floor level of the garage to current flood level reqs, either with an overpour or framing.

However, a STR is not considered a rental activity (section 469 of IRS code) if your rent it 7 days or less on average customer use and therefore not passive for tax purposes. 

I'd check out Facebook, meetup.com, and the events section here on BP.

I own a couple of properties in your corner of Maine.

Im familiar with section 8 / hud and i know certain areas developments must adhere to that, but homeowners arent restricted insofar as the amount of rent they can ask for

Shut-up 20,000 economists screaming at the top of their lungs for years, we can't hear the banker on our I-phone 14 super Max Pro telling me about the 2.5% variable rate Bridge Loan he can get us for 24 months to buy that 50 unit crack house, grow house, section 8, Multi-Family first time syndication I put together after my Doge coin "investment" shockingly went Tits up!