What is the soil like?  

I always write up the best offer and then make acceptance conditions include inspection pest and water testing sometimes Soil and Geo in some areas with expansive soils that might break slabs.

It is the roofing companies responsibility to protect the property underneath.

The mold is being taken care of .Side note: water issues have started and are continually being addressed: gutter work, regrading of soil around building, etc.

There are 2 extremely important things when it comes to the game of rental cash flow properties in Florida.The first is something which should've been taken care of before even deciding to purchase, and that is "Does this property have a potential sinkhole underneath it?

I agree. it's regional. but anyone that has ripped up even two year old carpet will NEVER want carpet again once they run it and see what is underneath

But just PM me if you want my soil scientist out of Smithfield or my septic installer/consultant out of Oxford.

I suspect there will be a lot of distressed real estate.1. lots of flooded houses with no flood insurance/ owner does not have funds to fix2. tenants have to move out/ land lord does not have enough reserves so start to hemorrhage paying on vacant non rentable houses.3. foundations going all haywire because of flooding and soil movement4. people deciding they no longer want to live in a flood prone area and just abandon ship and move somewhere else.what will be interesting to see is if the Feds create a GOZONE type tax play like they did for Katrina that really stimulated the ecnomy and brought in investors from all over the US.

New system installs for a 3-6 bedroom house with good soils has been running me $20k.I cant speak to your market, but in the Ellsworth Me market (and surrounding area) I've been seeing rents rise.

I am at the end of a new construction build and was wondering if it is better to take care of all the landscaping (top soil, grading, sod, paver walkway etc) and AFTER this rip out the existing driveway and lay down new asphalt?