(I'm also guessing/assuming that the previous owner wasn't a resident of the building, so it will be a new experience for these tenants living in a building where the owner resides, and seeing what it's like when someone cares that much about the building).I think that if the topic of rates comes up, you can imply you will be working to get the units to market rates; you don't have to cite a specific price at that time, but I wouldn't be afraid to show them and tell them that you're getting this property in tip-top performance. 

Like you've stated, while there are no tenant/landlord laws regarding second hand smoke in Florida- landlords are required to provide safe and adequate living conditions for their tenants by way of implied warranty of habitability.

"Owner occupied" and "locally managed" implies that for them. 

Are you implying that the market is very scarce for a good long term buy and hold?

That's what I think this strategy works best for, which implies the low end of the CoC spectrum.

The former I have no problem with, the later I am very much in favor of requiring that any animal given this designation at minimum go to a dog trainer.. but that is not the law.  

@William Hendrix  The fact that the first set are referred to as sparrows, implies that the second are truly lovebirds and not mates. 

@John Slater well.. there is an assigned trustee and the 90 day window has passed... would the fact that an assigned trustee exist imply that it would go into probate anyway?

Either way, be prepared for this to happen again by making those contacts first... you'll be able to sleep better moving forward.That said, your story definitely implies to me that the tenant isn't too worried about paying rent.  

Luckily for me, it's only 7 days, after which no disapproval is implied approval, and technically they approve the lease and not the tenants.