We've been looking in this location for a while but the property that popped up recently has a mold sitaution in the basement.... I am sure it's also upstairs.... how easy is it to remedy this? Or should we stear clear?

I'm working on a 2.2 acre site in plant city a suburb of tampa and the density allows for up to 10 units or 12 units and that is what we are going to push for, the highest density permitted. even then they could go larger through planned development or variance requests but I think that's enough for them on this lot. land has a ton of issues in general, check the elevations, utility access, title, tons of things to consider. happy to take a look I'll send you a message 

My Mom is having an issues with an employee she recently fired, that she is suspecting wrote a bunch of negative reviews on her google account(no actual proof).

So far, there has been no disturbance to the community, but we want to get ahead of the issue.

Don’t waste your time otherwise.The last thing you want to be doing in rental arbitrage is doing minor repairs to the house.Even if the landlord pays for it according to the lease, the issue is you’ve got to front it so you can get it done to avoid vacancy or bad reviews.Be in the business of hospitality, not real estate.

Even if it did it's still possible. in columbus you can buy infill lots for 8k in some markets. let's say you get a cheap one like that with public utilities. taps are going to be higher on a duplex but let's say 7k, then you have engineering and building permits and architect fees which lets say you do it as good as us, 5k. you are at 20k. now you have 180k to build.

Shouldn't major foundation issues be something that should be reported in home inspection at purchase?

I am sure that you would think that the Turo contract would help with that, but seeing as you are providing it as a service in addition to your STR, I can see issues if there is a problem.Plus you are offering significant services with that rental and that would change your tax situation.

I’ve been trying to solve this puzzle for a while too and the issue I keep running into is more so not being able to claim Short Term Rental income until a year or two later.

As natives ourselves we are looking forward in more endeavors with long term rental investments in the near future.Appreciate the heads up, the property was originally used as an STR and we were able to have the STR permits reestablished with us as soon as we closed.