If they will "cut corners" by not getting licensed, how well will the quality of work be?

However, the reality is that a tenant can break their lease at any time by just not paying and the owner will lose that income; so a lease is just a false sense of safety. 

If your company were to manage the STR in CR how do you deal with matter of safety / home burglaries? 

what really needs to be reviewed is why is it not going well and what is the plan - its very different plan when you cut distributions and do a capital call  to hold $4M to lower your debt obligation to allow for a refinnance compared to needing a capital call because you are only at 80% occupancy and anticpated 95%, rents are 50 cents a square foot less than you wanted and expenses are 25% higher....

They focus on safety issues, such as wood rot, water damage, and structural integrity of balconies and decks.

Our County Court Clerk provides the forms right on their website and it is literally a 15 minute cut and paste event to fill out the eviction forms.

What qualifications do you believe you possess that would make you a good candidate to advise others on the quality, safety and performance of potential investments?

And you're totally right, housing issues cut across political and other lines.

This is a double-edged sword. 

If you’re thinking of investing, I’d say Florida’s climate and landlord-friendly policies give it a real edge over many Midwest markets!