We would love to use this as a rental property, but we can't seem to find a licensed contractor that can pull the permit who isn't trying to charge an arm and a leg to the do work.

Is there any legal leg to stand on regarding the obvious flaws to this property and its management or do we just start from scratch and salvage what we can?

But if you're short on capital it's going to require much more leg work. 

Nich,Remember agents are just people, they put their pant legs on one at a time.

You also need to figure in how much you believe it will cost to replace sheets, kitchen items, beach chairs, towels, etc... each year.  

So I will actually do the leg work and arrange the financing.

Your GC background should give you a leg up on the competition.

Right now I'm of the opinion I'll be doing the majority of the leg work search wise and just need someone who is competent enough to get my offer in on time and complete the paperwork.

If you rush it, you can break a leg - that hurts.

Hopefully this leg of the project goes smoothly.At least I did gather some info: It looks like 6 of the 10 homes are block and stucco with the same dimensions (one has a small addition) of 950 sqft.