UW offers a Certificate in Commercial Real Estate program which is fantastic.

Here's the relevant section from the GREC website.All associate broker and broker applicants must have been licensed on active status for a minimum of three of the previous five years before they can be licensed.If you have been actively licensed in Georgia for at least three years and you are enrolled in a Broker's Prelicense Course at a school approved by the Commission, your license history will be verified by the Commission at the time the school transmits your electronic application.If you have ever held a real estate license in a state other than Georgia, or if you are not fulfilling your prelicense education requirements by taking a Broker's Prelicense Course at a school approved by the Commission, you MUST attach a certification of your license history from the state in which you met the education, examination and experience requirements for licensure with your application.

If both names were on the deed usually you only need a death certificate and an affidavit to clear title in the other spouse. 

I checked the death certificate and registry of deeds.

Your post makes sense and lines up with what I've read in the FM guidelines as well as the feedback I've gotten from most banks.

So far, what I have done is:1) Applied for a Miami Beach Resort License - This was denied apparently because I had not applied for a certificate of use license2) Applied for a State of Florida Tax Registration - This was accepted3) Applied for a Miami Beach Certificate of Use/Business Tax Application - Waiting for word back4) Applied for a State Vacation Rental License (DBPR-HR-7028) - Waiting for word back5) I still need to apply for a balcony inspection license (DBPR-HR-7020) - I'm trying to find a balcony inspector...

@Greg Grant - $90,100 is simply the price listed on the Certificate of Title in the foreclosure case - the price the bank took the property back at auction.

Have them provide you with a certificate of insurance when they buy it.

This can be worked around using estoppel certificates, but really  this is not sounding promising.

At the moment, some of the big questions I've got are around landlording and the liabilities and legalities associated with it in our area (is an inspection/certification required, are our personal assets safe without forming an LLC, etc.).BP has been a huge help in answering my questions so far, and I look forward to participating and learning more in the future... and building passive income through good buy and hold investments!