You don't qualify for section 8 as a landlord, you need to find a section 8 tenant looking to rent your property, if you do decide to rent o the tenant there are several steps you have to take 1) Finding section 8 tenant please your property on www.gosection8.com 2) Approve the tenant, the tenant should have a paper called RFT  (1-3 pages just depending on the program), you will fill this paperwork and have the tenant turn it to section 8 , if the property is built prior to 1978 make sure you have your lead certificate & also rental license, section 8 will either demand to see this at the start of the process of after inspection  3) An inspection date is scheduled for section 8 inspector to inspect the property, they all go by hud standard 4) if your unit fails the 1st time, they will give you a repair list and come back in 30days for 2nd and final inspection 5) The last step in the process, after the unit passes inspection a rent offer is made and the lease signing date is given

I think the rental suitability certificate expires in 60 days, not the license? 

Require that YOU (whatever the entity  / person(s) is that owns the building) are named as an additional insured (landlord)Create Google sheet document with a list of tenants names, insurance company, policy number, effective dates and request new certificate of insurance every year.

Critical your mortgagee clause is turned over and added to the insurance certificate.

Did you get a Transient Occupancy Tax Certificate? 

Heres what the county says:"County DOES NOT regulate the following:Zoning;Building Code (nor issue certificates of occupancy);Fire code (nor issue certificates of compliance)County DOES Regulate the following:Septic system installations;Subdivision Plat Applications"Any help would be greatly appreciated!

The property tax thing is nothing...someone just bought a tax certificate for 2018 taxes....that gets paid off at closing. 

I have tons of ambition and know the value of hard work and failure, when I first got into the Pipefitter's union I spent over 3500 hours learning how to weld (40 hours a week for 18 straight weeks, with NO PAY) before I was able to take a certification test, and then after that, I was able to get on the list to go to work. 

And the only thing you will be doing until the certificate of occupancy is issued, is pay the interest.

Go to VRBO and book the place through the site and pay the rates posted if you'd like to stay there...maybe I'll leave you a gift certificate for a local seafood place since you're a friend.