I highly recommend "Buy, Rehab, Rent, Refinance, Repeat" by David Greene in the BiggerPockets library.

T P C R !!!! 

Requires free library card for accessAvoiding Foreclosure, US Dept. of Housing and Urban DevelopmentPrimarily written for homeowners with FHA Insured loans, much of the information may apply to anyone facing foreclosureMaking Home Affordable, US Treasury Dept.

Revised PC headline:Getting Rich on Government-Backed MortgagesA branch manager gets home loans for borrowers with weak credit or low incomes—and taxpayers back him up.[...article starts...]He calls back a customer who’s spent hours watching his sales videos: “Bad Credit, I Can Help,” “Fresh Start: Credit Boost,” and “Go For Your Dreams.”

When you land in PC/Destin, check out the local P.I.G. led by @Matt Robinson.

The detainer filing will cause a snowball of grief on them and unless they can prove to a judges satisfaction that they have rights to adverse possession, they may be arrested for criminal trespassing (penal code 602 PC) as they are removed. 

Also if you have access to a pedestrian campus going to their Library may give you access to databases like LexusNexis.

The public library will most likely have copies of the code the municipality use (just verify they are current).- Based on the code info you can develop the SOW and start bidding it to contractors to get your estimate.

Btw, if you're looking for more books to read, I have a digital library.

I spent a few months in Providence last fall and I was living in an Airbnb place in Elmhurst, very close to PC.