America has the 3 enlightenment Pillars that are true Civilization. 1) Rule of Law, 2) Freedom of speech/conscience, and 3) One life One voteThese 3 ideas are the air we breathe and water in which we swim, and give rise to actual and enforceable property rights, which allows for people to safely save, safely invest, safely create, and safely live a full and expressed life.

Most of your issues sound water related.

Your new potential guests are insurance companies for homeowner displacement (flood, fire), buyers looking to move to the area but not sure where they want to be, sellers who want to sell but have nowhere to go, contract workers in the area, adjunct professors on a semester job, etc.

From, "someone ate my food" to "someone takes long showers and uses up all the hot water" and even arguements over parking spots.Who wants to handle all that extra nonsense for "free"?

Jack Milleryep, it's the part of the RE iceberg that's under the water.

Usually as long as their are no life threatening issues (no HVAC, windows won't open, no hot water), the housing authority will began to pay the rent and give you time to address the required repairs.

There are some great deals up in Pensacola where you still buy a 2/2 on the water with a boat slip. 

I am very new to this and I am a fish out of water just flopping around trying to figure it out. 

What is the cost of an HVAC system vs. a heat pump vs. forced hot water vs. baseboard and what is the cost to the tenant? 

Just to add ,  not every inspection covers a visual of the septic tank . if they run the water and all mechanicals, they are working fine . other than a visual there are no signs of it not working .