Thank you Joel appreciate your wisdom in the handling of this difficult situation.Gives me a lot of good food for thought.

Q2: Would it be better to hire a property management company to manage the house since we will be moving out of state?

My suggestion would be to contact a couple of Independent Agents (they handle multiple insurance companies) that write in GA and get quotes. 

I believe with one that was 2 hours away I would at least think long and hard about some sort of property management company even if it was a hybrid solution.

We are looking to develop 10 (3 unit) multi family buildings on the land, I own a construction company so I'll manage every aspect of the project and finance it.I am having a hard time structuring a deal like this, that works for everyone. 

Cost for a company to come out to install range between $4000 - $6000.

Also, don't forget a good STR company wants to succeed as much as the owner.

I did invest in Andy Mirza's company recently.

Nashville, TN is having some major companies like Alliance Bernstein have moved into Nashville, bringing the population up and new jobs into Music city as well.

Also, I found out from the attorney at the title company that the cloud on title they required me to implement at the county office could only be released by their "3rd party escrow" company (which they required you to use) that which the title attorney found was unlicensed and not really an escrow company despite having the word "escrow" in their company name.