You.It is indicative of how much more difficult long-term, sustainable, SEO has become when you look at the freelancers and what they're doing.

My original plan was to just fix up this house and resell it but my realtor is a family friend that was able to get me a very good deal on it with minimal work that needs to be done, in an area that is going up in value.

As you've indicated the problem down here seems to be valuation.

It's also a LL friendly state, if someone doesn't pay rent, it takes minimal time and effort to evict them.

But I want to minimize my tax burden on a house I am in the process of flipping.

They declined but indicated a willingness to take $120-130k, so I countered with 50k down, 120k total, 5%, $1000/month payment for 3 years with a balloon payment at the end. 

When they see that having a cleaning crew come in will cost them $200 (or whatever), it gives them a good incentive to minimize the destruction.

Create a system, take minimal pictures, keep practicing : -)

The cost of the hotel room is minimal compared to the cost of finding another tenant.Odds are the person who hit the place is related to the tenants by the way. 

Jacksonville Beach is a subset of duval running from the intercoastal waterway (which is east of the property indicated) to the ocean.You can definitely bike over that bridge (there is even a bike lane) but keep in mind that bridge peaks up a bit so boats can go under it and it would be a pretty hard ride to get to the beach in 20 minutes.Amend definition, if you're willing to be west of the intercoastal, there are a lot of properties that could be had for $100k.