(you should)  Collect as much information as you can during the application process - but forget to get a signature on one document (like the release of information to check prior LL references). 

According to the Tampa Bay Times:"The only way around the short-term rental ban is if a homeowner can show that their home had been used as a tourist rental prior to the passage of the 2006 ordinance, had been continuously used as a short-term rental since then, have a city occupational license and have paid sales tax on all rental income.If they cannot do that, and few can, homeowners faces potential fines of $250 a day if they fail to comply."

Most of the time the banks here don't even order a walk-through appraisal, they just send someone to drive by to make sure the house actually exists, and then us a formula based on comparable sales to decide if it's a go or not.

That's very small when compared to the money you can earn in flying or any other career. 

I don’t mind educating you about the areas, the history (especially prior to all the movement, 80s, 90s) and which areas to keep an eye on.

I've tried using several online 1031 calculators but no 2 seem to be the same, and none of them deal with selling a property that was acquired through a prior 1031. 

pid=1563Houston Real Estate Highlights in August(* asterisk denotes that the “Harvey effect” has been removed): Single-family home sales rose 7.6 percent year-over-year, with 5,844 units sold*;Days on Market (DOM) for single-family homes declined slightly to 49 days;Total property sales jumped 36.8 percent, with 9,978 units sold;Total dollar volume increased 40.1 percent to $2.86 billion;The single-family home median price rose 3.0 percent to $236,870, reaching an August high;The single-family home average price also achieved an August record, rising 1.9 percent to $300,670;Single-family homes months of inventory was at a 4.1-months supply, down from 4.3 months last August and equal to the national level;Townhome/condominium sales rose 12.3 percent year-over-year, with 457 units sold in 2018 compared to 407 one year earlier*;Leases of single-family homes rose 7.6 percent with the average rent up 3.4 percent to $1,926*;Volume of townhome/condominium leases fell 8.6 percent with the average rent up 5.5 percent to $1,639*.

The total amount of damage is close to $18k, which far exceeds their security deposit.We sent an Invoice and broke down all the damages by line item and even gave them receipts for what we had and also estimates for the major items like damages to carpet (brand new and installed just prior to their tenancy) and major gouges and deep scratches in all major rooms (we have pictures of everything). 

Many times I evaluate costs and deals prior to an investor making a purchase. 

Her Dr. diagnosed her with alzheimers a year prior to signing.