Governor Desantis' Executive Order banning evictions for non payment of rent was extended through at least July 1st (and the CARES Act extends if even further if you have Fannie/Freddie financing in place or accept any type of Federal assistance such as Section 8).Even an eviction attorney's hand would be tied right now, and the courts are a gamble. 

Most landlords do not allow subletting because they have not screened the person you have chosen to sublet to.

Buying for appreciation is not "investing", it's speculation (read: gambling).

While that is technically true we have invested money in something, I doubt that would meet most investors definition of an investment.To me an investment generates positive cash flow...that's it (I recognize that others would consider this too narrow a definition, but for me, that is what I care about.)These properties won't cash flow, they are purely an appreciation play and that is closer to gambling than investing...to me.

I am thankful that this is the road that i have chosen, becase it allows me to work as few as a couple hours a month and enjoy life.

It's a gamble.

With these cases you need to close on the property and then use Transactional Funding to close and re-sell it to your buyer the same day at the same title company.One issue you may encounter is that the title company the REO asset manager has chosen may not allow same day back to back closings using transactional funding.

Have you chosen a lender you want to work with already?

REI is just like Poker. ..not because I think of it as gambling.  

What was the cost of remedying the permitting issue should you have chosen to do so?