if this is the case on your property you can remove the strips and mud and tape the joints like any other drywall.

Apparently she hired someone to do some work and someone didn’t pay for it and the worker came and removed everything as you can see from the pictures.

My 1st experience with squatters is that it can be extremely difficult to remove them.

I intend to go back overseas via the military and that would remove the idea of me living in a unit here stateside. 

If you let her install them, make sure they are properly installed and can be removed without damage (at her expense) when she leaves. 

You would want to be sure you are at least one year removed from the origination of that first FHA loan as that could be a hiccup as well. 

I had to take a crash course in FEMA flood zone regulations, The Biggers / Waters act with the subsequent removal of government subsidies flood insurance industry, the 50% rule and the new face of available flood insurance in Florida.

As the owner, I want the right of first refusal because as soon as it goes up for sale, I want to buy it and remove it in order to replace it with a newer unit.  

There is no amount of preparation/reading that will remove or prevent all problems.

I guess I'm envisioning a shared drive of contractor bids that represents completed and billed projects (redacted to remove or black out the contractor info).