Its gonna take 50 years until the legislature figures a way to walk back some of these anti landlord laws and get housing numbers back to what it was.

That is the purpose and function of a properly drafted and filed correction instrument. 

Part of the reason I want to flip is A) make something functional and useful again and B) use the artistic side of my brain to create beauty.

I would make a separate entity if the function/assets of the business are different than that of your current entity

Use caution as an anything not functioning or highlighted for repair will need to be disclosed. 

A number of people have asked this and if you use the search function, you can see replies to those posts. 

I can quickly create bank accounts for each property, the categories for tagging your transactions align perfectly with your Schedule E for taxes and I can do all of my tenant related functions like tenant vetting, lease creation and collecting deposits and rents.

I know cost is a factor but think about overall functionality and does it do the 7-10 things you really need? 

While many will also create LLCs or other entities and perform other services, that is not their core function.

Supply and demand is very high right now because people are moving from outside the FL to here because of the what type of restrictions the COVID virus has caused in other states.