From here I would say that you should play it safe and Invest in something close to home and a few years from now if you move to Florida bring your Cash to get the best Deal.

You need a carbon monoxide and smoke detector in the required rooms, that is pretty inexpensive and safe.

I had a bad experience once, I bought a property a few years back and it had a safe in it, I didn't have the combinations, I bought it from a bank via a REO, I did find the phone number of the owner, called and his wife answered.  

I bet a lot if investors would like to have your problems.While it is nice to reduce taxes, paying taxes means you’re making money.Investing has to take our personality and risk tolerance into consideration.

Seems to be like your house is at the bottom of a hill or below the water table and will never be safe from the flooding. 

I bet would be the 1st RE/Comedy book ever written.

Your best bet is what Nathan mentioned about Meetups for finding a group of like-minded individuals. 

Safe, clean, guest ready, as advertised.

I bet he would have done what I just outlined himself if you would have called him when you noticed it.

That’s the best bet.