I know its not legal.. but I self insure myself in that regard. some say its recession proof and some say not.. my banker says not.. he says when economy gets tough they just won't spend 200 bucks a month to store their stuff they either up and leave it or move it somewhere else.. so that's two opinions.my units were quite unique one they were A class and two right across the street from 300 floating homes and all my tenants save a very few had house boats.. so I kind of had a captive audicance and once I got it converted to mainly all houses boats..

I would recommend getting closer to main attractions/beaches.

The main concern I have, is that the property has asbestos siding, and I have never dealt with this.

I was a winning bidder and was very surprised that the unit was not destroyed inside, but mainly needs new flooring.   

or is the main house just for your own personal use?

CoC is my main measure, but I use the 1-2% rule to decide what I want to consider researching further for rentals.

I am mainly focused on flipping single family residential properties at the moment.

I want the house as an investment but I'm willing to do a 1031 with my main property if I can't find a better option in order to get it. 

We still have to remodel the rest of the house and deal with rotten window and baseboards etc in some rooms on the main level.

I would search by going to Trusted Choice and searching for an agent by the zip code of the property.