The terms we're close to agreeing on are favorable but after looking through the zoning laws and searching the internet i'm not sure if i can legally rent it and run my shop there.

Now I have an LLC, and the LLC is paying for a bit of marketing expenses related to attracting sellers -- direct mail, FB ads, phones/internet, etc. 

We notice today that they have pulled the ad for the house off the internet.

Don't over analyze but use the info and tools on the internet and these forums and come up with a profile and make it work.

The internet in my market comes bundled with cable. 

There's the intangible factor that you don't get on the internet.

and last place you ask that is on social media.. talk to the state of FLA license division and talk to your broker in Texas.. those are the folks to talk to not ask on the internet. 

We are considering offering the spaces with all utilities, cable, and internet included. 

So usually I end up having to look for it myself on the Internet.

You are most likely going to need the signature of the imprisoned for either so keep it simple and her as the intermediary, many prisoners get internet time so a quick DocuSign session might be helpful if this is the case.