But if you are comfortable with a risk and it is a great deal - you don't want to surrender a significant part of your upside.

But, you will get to keep all the rents you've collected in the meantime.Three years after the auction date, you surrender your tax certificate to the probate judge of the county where the property is located, pay a $5 fee, and receive your tax deed.  

Since it's not a crazy emotional attachment, people are quick to get rid of them too--  when they move (obviously most landlords won't accept them), they have no problem surrendering them to the local shelters. 

The lease states that "If Tenant fails to surrender or vacate the premises at lease end, then tenant shall be an 'at-will' tenant or tenant shall pay base rent equal to 150% of the base rent payable for the last month of the then expiring term."

How can we best finance this without surrendering all of that control (and $$$) to a contractor?

(a) Except as provided by Section 92.107, the landlord shall refund a security deposit to the tenant on or before the 30th day after the date the tenant surrenders the premises.

Stop, wave your surrender flag, hang up your cleats?

In addition, I did have her sign a surrender of premises agreement when she moved stating that she has already moved out including all of her belongings from the apartment and has no further interest or seeks on occupying the apartment.

Florida landlords, do you read the Florida Statutes the same way as me with regard to tenant personal property-I found under the residential section of the statute you can include the following verbiage in your lease "Per Florida Statute 83.67 (5), Tenant agrees that “BY SIGNING THIS RENTAL AGREEMENT, THE TENANT AGREES THAT UPON SURRENDER, ABANDONMENT, OR RECOVERY OF POSSESSION OF THE DWELLING UNIT DUE TO THE DEATH OF THE LAST REMAINING TENANT, AS PROVIDED BY CHAPTER 83, FLORIDA STATUTES, THE LANDLORD SHALL NOT BE LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR STORAGE OR DISPOSITION OF THE TENANT’S PERSONAL PROPERTY.”But I can find no such verbiage for Commercial properties.Is this tool only available for Residential properties?

The nature of your work relationship will have to change where your employer will surrender true control over your work, and this may not be something they would want.