Her crap is still in my place, but she has not lived there for 3 weeks because they shut the power off on her.

Especially if you know your way around some power tools.

My BIL is on oxygen and the last two power outages in Raleigh (storm related) have resulted in his being hospitalized.  

The papers were signed by the Legal Power of Attorney.

I don't know why someone would steal a power meter since it's easier to just jump the meter base with a couple pieces of wire than it is to steal a power meter. 

I would call the utility company and tell them you bought the property and want to see how much to turn on the power in the unit and when it was last turned on. 

currently needing to upgrade a new property of mine and am stuck trying to figure out which would be my best option to go with: Combination CO2 & Smoke alarms that are 10yr sealed or just plain jane battery operated.

If it gets to it, the threat of a complaint to real estate commission is pretty powerful in TX so maybe it’s the same in FL.

It is the #1 destination for real estate, bar none.As agents we collectively gave them that power, in the early days if the MLS was smart they would of been the zillow of today. but with all the infighting, gross duplication of efforts, protected profits and sheer shortsightedness on the MLS's part if they made a national MLS it would of been a different story and agents would have continued the monopoly [good or bad depending on your stance].

I tell them to change the batteries when i send them the lease renewal or else theyll get locked out. seems to work well so far.