The only thing that I could suggest would be to just amend the lease to be more clear and in favor of you (the landlord).

I'm also fortunate in that I work in commercial construction as a Project Engineer on a large project ($750M) and can ask for favors from subs based solely on the contract amount.I'll continue to bring up this topic with other real estate people and get their takes. 

just fashionably late!

You have got to make the effort.It's just good old fashioned networking.

I don't know if Florida has higher rates of eviction than the rest of the US, but the laws definitely favor the landlord, relatively speaking, and allow a fairly quick eviction.  

I was never in favor of doing it. 

I think a better question to ask your mentor is can you obtain a favorable cash on cash ROI in SoCal.

Thus you have legal standing and you could threaten to file "Notice of Memorandum" on the property if your investor does not paid what she had "agreed" to.The court is In Your Favor since Colorado is both "Judicial and Nonjudicial" state.

If you can do a few, this one wouldn't be a bad one to get your feet wet on imo, assuming the details shake out in your favor, as you do more research. 

A colleague of mine took the concept a step further (he had a very understanding wife), moving from one duplex to another, always obtaining favorable owner occupant financing, until he had 10 houses / 20 units.